medida

Portuguese

Etymology

From medir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈd͡ʒi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdi.dɐ/ [mɨˈði.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: me‧di‧da

Noun

medida f (plural medidas)

1. measurement; measure
2. action, step, sanction
   • 2015 December 3, Maria Lopes, Nuno Sá Lourenço, Sofia Rodrigues, “Costa anuncia 13 medidas no seu primeiro debate”, in Público:

     O segundo debate sobre um programa de Governo desta legislatura trouxe ontem ao Parlamento um primeiro-ministro municiado para o embate com uma mão cheia de medidas políticas.

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Derived terms

• na medida

Participle

medida

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Spanish

Etymology

From medir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdida/ [meˈð̞i.ð̞a]

Noun

medida f (plural medidas)

1. measurement; measure, gauge

   Synonym: medición

2. degree, extent
3. action, step, sanction
4. moderation

Derived terms

• a la medida
• a medida que
• a medida (“tailor-made, custom”)
• en cierta medida (“to some extent, to a certain extent, to some degree”)
• en gran medida (“largely, greatly, to a large extent, to a great extent”)
• en la mayor medida posible (“as much as possible”)
• en la medida en que
• en su justa medida (“for its true worth”)
• en una medida (“to an extent”)

 

Related terms

• medir

Participle

medida f sg

1. feminine singular past participle of medir

Further reading

• “medida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014