medio

half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole); half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole); middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives); average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values); average (of or related to a representative example of a group)

“media hora” — half hour

Borrowed directly from Latin medius (“half”) rather than inherited through an Old Spanish form, possibly because the likely forms *meo and *meyo would have closely resembled mear (“to piss”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare Portuguese meio, which retained its original inherited form. In reference to spiritual mediums, calqued from Latin medium. Doublet of media. Cognate with English medium.

half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done); half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions)

“medio vestido” — half-dressed

Borrowed directly from Latin medius (“half”) rather than inherited through an Old Spanish form, possibly because the likely forms *meo and *meyo would have closely resembled mear (“to piss”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare Portuguese meio, which retained its original inherited form. In reference to spiritual mediums, calqued from Latin medium. Doublet of media. Cognate with English medium.

half (one of two equal parts of any whole); middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space); center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions); method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose); medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs)

“Se despertó en medio de la noche.” — She awoke in the middle of the night.

Borrowed directly from Latin medius (“half”) rather than inherited through an Old Spanish form, possibly because the likely forms *meo and *meyo would have closely resembled mear (“to piss”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare Portuguese meio, which retained its original inherited form. In reference to spiritual mediums, calqued from Latin medium. Doublet of media. Cognate with English medium.