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1 media
f.1 average (Mat) (promedio).media aritmética/proporcional arithmetic/proportional meanmedia horaria hourly average2 stocking, short stocking.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: mediar.* * *1 (media calza) stocking; (calcetín) sock2 (promedio) average3 MATEMÁTICAS mean1 (enteras) tights, pantihose; (no enteras) stockings\hacer media to knitir/pagar a medias to go halvesmedia naranja better halfmedia pensión half boardmedias enteras tights* * *1. noun f.1) average2) stocking2. f., (m. - medio)* * *SFmedias de malla — [hasta el muslo] fishnet stockings; [hasta la cintura] fishnet tights
medias de red, medias de rejilla — = medias de malla
see PANTALONES, ZAPATOS, GAFASmedias pantalón — Col tights pl
2) LAm (=calcetín) sock3)de media — [aguja] knitting antes de s ; [punto] plain
4) (Dep) midfield5) (=promedio) average6)media de cerveza — 1/4 litre bottle of beer
* * *1) (Indum)a) ( hasta el muslo) stockingmedias con/sin costura — seamed/seamless stockings
b) medias femenino plural ( hasta la cintura) panty hose (pl) (AmE), tights (pl) (BrE)c) (AmL) ( calcetín) sockchuparle las medias a alguien — (CS fam) to lick somebody's boots (colloq)
2) (Mat) average3)a medias — (loc adv)
a) ( incompleto)b) ( entre dos)pagar a medias — to pay half each, go halves
* * *1) (Indum)a) ( hasta el muslo) stockingmedias con/sin costura — seamed/seamless stockings
b) medias femenino plural ( hasta la cintura) panty hose (pl) (AmE), tights (pl) (BrE)c) (AmL) ( calcetín) sockchuparle las medias a alguien — (CS fam) to lick somebody's boots (colloq)
2) (Mat) average3)a medias — (loc adv)
a) ( incompleto)b) ( entre dos)pagar a medias — to pay half each, go halves
* * *media11 = stocking, sock.Ex: The book 'Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.
Ex: To make room for your puppet's mouth, make a slit in the sock between your thumb and fingers.media22 = average, mean.Ex: The totals and averages at the right-hand side if the screen give summary information about the performance of the vendor.
Ex: It was therefore decided to re-index the documents with a mean of 3.8 entries each.* desviación media = mean deviation.* edad media = average age.* edad media de las referencias = mean reference age.* media aritmética = arithmetic mean.* media armónica = harmonic mean.* media de edad = mean age.* media geométrica = geometric mean.* media nacional = national average.* método de la media ponderada = weighted means method.* método de la media sin ponderar = unweighted means method.* nota media = grade point average (GPA).* por debajo de la media = sub-par, below-average.* por encima de la media = above average.* puntuación media = mean score.* rendimiento por debajo de la media = under-performance.* * *A ( Indum)1 (hasta el muslo) stockingmedias con costura seamed stockingsmedias sin costura seamless stockings3 ( AmL) (calcetín) sockCompuestos:fpl surgical stockings (pl)B ( Mat) averagela media de velocidad es 80 km/h the average speed is 80 kphduerme una media de siete horas on average she sleeps seven hours a night, she sleeps an average of seven hours a nightCompuestos:arithmetic meanaverage age( Fin) moving averageC1(de manera incompleta): dejó el trabajo a medias he left the work half-finishedme dijo la verdad a medias she didn't tell me the whole truth o storylo arregló a medias he didn't fix it properly2(entre dos): voy a comprar un número de lotería ¿vamos a medias? I'm going to buy a lottery ticket. Do you want to go halves?pagar a medias to pay half each, go halveslo hicimos a medias we did it between usmedia (pl)* * *
Del verbo mediar: ( conjugate mediar)
media es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Del verbo medir: ( conjugate medir)
medía es:
1ª persona singular (yo) imperfecto indicativo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperfecto indicativo
Multiple Entries:
media
mediar
medir
media sustantivo femenino
1 (Indum)
◊ medias con/sin costura seamed/seamless stockingsb)
medias bombacha(s) (RPl) or (Col, Ven) pantalón panty hose (pl) (AmE), tights (BrE) (pl)
2 (Mat) average;
3
a) ( incompleto):
me dijo la verdad a medias she didn't tell me the whole truth o storyb) ( entre dos):
lo hicimos a medias we did half (of it) each
mediar ( conjugate mediar) verbo intransitivo
media EN algo ‹en conflicto/negociaciones› to mediate in sth, to act as mediator in sthb) ( interceder) media POR algn to intercede for sb;
media ANTE algn to intercede o intervene with sb
medir ( conjugate medir) verbo transitivo
1 ‹habitación/distancia/velocidad› to measure
2 ( tener ciertas dimensiones) to be, measure;◊ mido 60 cm de cintura I measure o I'm 60 cm round the waist;
¿cuánto mide de alto/largo? how tall/long is it?;
mide casi 1,90 m he's almost 1.90 m (tall)
3 (calcular, considerar) to consider, weigh up;◊ media los pros y contras de algo to weigh up the pros and cons of sth.
medirse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) to measure oneself;
‹caderas/pecho› to measure
2 (Col, Méx, Ven) ( probarse) to try on
medio,-a
I adjetivo
1 (mitad) half: sólo queda medio melón, there is only half a melon left
una hora y media, an hour and a half
2 (no extremo) middle
a media tarde, in the middle of the afternoon
clase media, middle class
punto medio, middle ground
3 (prototípico) average: la calidad media es baja, the average quality is poor
la mujer media, the average woman
II adverbio half: el trabajo está medio hecho, the work is half done
III sustantivo masculino
1 (mitad) half
2 (centro) middle
en medio de la batalla, in the midst of the battle
en medio de los árboles, among the trees
(entre dos) in between the trees
un barco en medio del desierto, a ship in the middle of the desert
sal de ahí en medio, get out of the way
3 (instrumento, vía) means: el fin no justifica los medios, the aim doesn't justify the means
4 (entorno) enviroment
un medio hostil, a hostile enviroment
media sustantivo femenino
1 (hasta el muslo) stocking
2 (hasta la cintura) (pair of) tights
3 (calcetín alto) long socks
4 (cantidad proporcional) average: camino una media de dos horas diarias, I walk an average of two hours a day
ahora saca la media, now calculate the average
♦ Locuciones: a medias, (no del todo) unfinished: me convence a medias, I'm only half convinced
(a partes iguales) half and half: hicimos el trabajo a medias, we did the essay between us
mediar verbo intransitivo
1 (arbitrar, intervenir) to mediate: España mediará en el conflicto, Spain will mediate in the conflict
2 (interceder) to intercede: mediará por ti, she'll intercede on your behalf
3 (interponerse) media la circunstancia de que..., you must take into account that...
4 (periodo de tiempo) to pass: mediaron un par de días, two days passed
medir
I verbo transitivo
1 (dimensiones) to measure
2 (ponderar) to weigh up: deberías medir los riesgos, you should weigh up the risks
II verbo intransitivo to measure, be: mide dos metros de alto, he is two metres tall
mide cinco metros de ancho, it is five metres wide
' media' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abismo
- alargarse
- almorzar
- almuerzo
- ambientar
- asta
- atusarse
- carrera
- clase
- comunicóloga
- comunicólogo
- datar
- debajo
- edad
- esperar
- hora
- inferior
- jornada
- luna
- mediar
- medio
- mediodía
- melena
- naranja
- onda
- sala
- vasallaje
- ver
- voz
- vuelta
- bota
- burgués
- burguesía
- caña
- ciencia
- correr
- diadema
- difusión
- docena
- encima
- enganchar
- enseñanza
- entrada
- mañana
- penumbra
- piano
- pie
- promedio
- retraso
English:
A
- about-face
- about-turn
- age
- average
- average out at
- back off
- barbecue
- board
- class
- earnings
- fly
- gap
- give
- GMT
- GPA
- half
- half-a-dozen
- half-an-hour
- half-board
- half-day
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-mast
- half-moon
- half-pay
- half-pint
- hour
- mass media
- mean
- media
- media studies
- medium
- mid
- Middle Ages
- middle-class
- midmorning
- nelson
- past
- raise
- round
- standard
- stocking
- turn about
- turn around
- above
- around
- by
- come
- crescent
* * *♦ nf1.[hasta medio muslo] stockings RP medias bombacha Br tights, US pantyhose; RP medias cancán Br tights, US pantyhose;medias elásticas surgical stockings;RP medias largas Br tights, US pantyhose; Col media pantalón Br tights, US pantyhose2. [calcetín] [hasta la rodilla] (knee-length) sock;Am [de cualquier longitud] sock; CSur Famchupar las medias a alguien to lick sb's bootsCol media media [hasta la rodilla] knee-length sock; [calcetín corto] ankle sock; Col medias rodilleras knee-length socks; Col medias tobilleras [calcetines cortos] ankle socks; RP medias tres cuartos knee-length socks3. [promedio] average, meanmedia aritmética arithmetic mean;media geométrica geometric mean;media horaria hourly average;media ponderada weighted mean;media proporcional proportional mean♦ nmpl[medios de comunicación] media♦ a medias loc advla central está funcionando sólo a medias the power station is operating at only half its full capacity;se ve perfectamente que este trabajo está hecho a medias it's perfectly obvious that this piece of work is only half-finished;me contó la verdad a medias he only told me half the truthel alquiler lo pagamos a medias we split the rent;¿por qué no compramos el libro a medias? why don't we go halves on the book?* * *fmedias pl pantyhose pl, Br tights pl2 L.Am. calcetínsock3 MAT mean* * *media nf1) calcetín: sock2) : average, mean3) medias nfpl: stockings, hose, tights4)a medias : by halves, half and half, halfwayir a medias: to go halvesverdad a medias: half-truth* * *media n1. (promedio) average -
2 media nacional
f.national average.* * *(n.) = national averageEx. According to the article, persons who eat onions with every meal have a life expectancy of some 1% above the national average, but they are invited to only 20% as many parties and their divorce expectancy is 200% above the national average = De acuerdo con el artículo, las personas que comen cebollas en cada comida tienen una esperanza de vida de un 1% por encima de la media nacional, pero se les invita sólo a un 20% de las fiestas y su índice de divorcios es del 200% por encima de la media.* * *(n.) = national averageEx: According to the article, persons who eat onions with every meal have a life expectancy of some 1% above the national average, but they are invited to only 20% as many parties and their divorce expectancy is 200% above the national average = De acuerdo con el artículo, las personas que comen cebollas en cada comida tienen una esperanza de vida de un 1% por encima de la media nacional, pero se les invita sólo a un 20% de las fiestas y su índice de divorcios es del 200% por encima de la media.
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3 media tinta
f.halftone.* * *(n.) = MezzotintEx. The design was cut in a wax ground so that, when the plate was immersed in acid, the furrows allowed the acid to bite into the copper, making grooves that would hold ink Mezzotint = El diseño se tallaba sobre una superficie de cera de modo que, cuando la lámina se sumergía en ácido, los surcos permitían que el ácido corroyera el cobre, haciendo surcos que recibían la media tinta.* * *(n.) = MezzotintEx: The design was cut in a wax ground so that, when the plate was immersed in acid, the furrows allowed the acid to bite into the copper, making grooves that would hold ink Mezzotint = El diseño se tallaba sobre una superficie de cera de modo que, cuando la lámina se sumergía en ácido, los surcos permitían que el ácido corroyera el cobre, haciendo surcos que recibían la media tinta.
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4 media aritmética
f.arithmetical mean, arithmetic mean.* * *arithmetic mean* * ** * *(n.) = arithmetic meanEx. It is shown that different averages, such as the arithmetic mean, the median, the harmonic mean and the geometric mean play an essential role in these investigations.* * ** * *(n.) = arithmetic meanEx: It is shown that different averages, such as the arithmetic mean, the median, the harmonic mean and the geometric mean play an essential role in these investigations.
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5 Media Luna Roja
la Media Luna Roja= Red Crescent, theEx: The Blue Shield is the equivalent of the Red Cross/Red Crescent in the field of cultural heritage.
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6 media armónica
f.harmonic mean.* * *(n.) = harmonic meanEx. It is shown that different averages, such as the arithmetic mean, the median, the harmonic mean and the geometric mean play an essential role in these investigations.* * *(n.) = harmonic meanEx: It is shown that different averages, such as the arithmetic mean, the median, the harmonic mean and the geometric mean play an essential role in these investigations.
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7 media de edad
(n.) = mean ageEx. The difference between the mean ages may characterise the synchronity of the author's research in comparison with those working on similar topics.* * *(n.) = mean ageEx: The difference between the mean ages may characterise the synchronity of the author's research in comparison with those working on similar topics.
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8 media docena
f.half a dozen.* * *= half a dozen, half-dozenEx. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish.Ex. It was a half-dozen years later that the first central electric power station was built; a decade was to pass before the automobile was invented, and nearly three decades before the first airplane flew.* * *= half a dozen, half-dozenEx: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish.
Ex: It was a half-dozen years later that the first central electric power station was built; a decade was to pass before the automobile was invented, and nearly three decades before the first airplane flew. -
9 media geométrica
f.geometric mean, mean proportional, geometrical mean.* * *(n.) = geometric meanEx. It is shown that different averages, such as the arithmetic mean, the median, the harmonic mean and the geometric mean play an essential role in these investigations.* * *(n.) = geometric meanEx: It is shown that different averages, such as the arithmetic mean, the median, the harmonic mean and the geometric mean play an essential role in these investigations.
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10 media hora
f.half-hour, half an hour, thirty minutes, Semih.* * *(adj.) = half-hourEx. In order to make my twice-weekly half-hour visits to the class more relaxing and, I hoped, more enjoyable, the teacher designed a special area the children called 'the storycorner'.* * *(adj.) = half-hourEx: In order to make my twice-weekly half-hour visits to the class more relaxing and, I hoped, more enjoyable, the teacher designed a special area the children called 'the storycorner'.
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11 Media Luna Roja, la
= Red Crescent, theEx. The Blue Shield is the equivalent of the Red Cross/Red Crescent in the field of cultural heritage. -
12 media calcetín
f.footlet, short sock for women which covers the whole foot below the ankle or only the toes. -
13 media verdad
f.half truth.* * *(n.) = half truth, half-factEx. Father-son relationships in the African American family are shrouded in social myths and half truths.Ex. Genocide theorists deploy a welter of sociological facts and half-facts to buttress their case.* * *(n.) = half truth, half-factEx: Father-son relationships in the African American family are shrouded in social myths and half truths.
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14 media vuelta
intj.about face.f.about-turn, right-about, about face, half-turn.* * *femenino (Mil) about-face (AmE), about-turn (BrE); (se) dio medio medio y se fue she turned on her heel and left* * *(n.) = about-faceEx. Tanzania provides one of the most extreme examples of an about-face in food marketing.* * *femenino (Mil) about-face (AmE), about-turn (BrE); (se) dio medio medio y se fue she turned on her heel and left* * *(n.) = about-faceEx: Tanzania provides one of the most extreme examples of an about-face in food marketing.
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15 media línea
• half-life• half-line of the verse -
16 media marea
• half the world• half-timbered -
17 la ciudadana media
Ex. It is fair to assume that the average Joe/ Jane is neither a college graduate nor a high-school dropout.* * *Ex: It is fair to assume that the average Joe/ Jane is neither a college graduate nor a high-school dropout.
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18 Edad Media
f.Middle Ages, dark age.* * *Middle Ages plural* * *la edad media the Middle Ages (pl)* * *(n.) = mediaeval ages [medieval ages, -USA], Middle Ages, average ageEx. The line of command concept also had its origins in the armies of antiquity and medieval ages.Ex. In the latter Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, many catalogs contained entries arranged chronologically, often by imprint date for printed books.Ex. Market research conducted by DC comics in 1991 showed the average age of comic collectors at that time to be twenty-five = Investigaciones de mercado realizadas por la editorial de comics DC en 1991 mostraron que el promedio de edad de los colectores de comics en ese momento era de veinticinco años.* * *la edad media the Middle Ages (pl)* * *(n.) = mediaeval ages [medieval ages, -USA], Middle Ages, average ageEx: The line of command concept also had its origins in the armies of antiquity and medieval ages.
Ex: In the latter Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, many catalogs contained entries arranged chronologically, often by imprint date for printed books.Ex: Market research conducted by DC comics in 1991 showed the average age of comic collectors at that time to be twenty-five = Investigaciones de mercado realizadas por la editorial de comics DC en 1991 mostraron que el promedio de edad de los colectores de comics en ese momento era de veinticinco años. -
19 streaming media
(n.) = streaming mediaEx. Streaming media is defined as an audiovisual presentation delivered via the Internet that may be viewed while simultaneously being downloaded to a user's computer.* * *(n.) = streaming mediaEx: Streaming media is defined as an audiovisual presentation delivered via the Internet that may be viewed while simultaneously being downloaded to a user's computer.
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20 alta Edad Media
femenino High Middle Ages (pl)* * *femenino High Middle Ages (pl)* * *la Alta Edad Media= Early Middle Ages, the, High Middle Ages, the, Dark Ages, theEx: The Vatican Archives represent one of the principal sources for the history of the papacy from the Early Middle Ages to the present.
Ex: The author endeavors to explore the religious aspirations or religious consciousness of the laity in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.Ex: Observations of how this process has changed are divided into three historical periods: the Dark Ages, the Renaissance, and the Modern Era.
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