médio
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- medio (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin medium, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Doublet of meio, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: mé‧di‧o
Adjective
[edit]médio (feminine média, masculine plural médios, feminine plural médias)
- average (constituting or relating to the average)
- 1920 January 4, “A associação dos constructores civis do Rio de Janeiro ao público [The civil engineering association of Rio de Janeiro to the public]”, in Correio da Manhã, volume XIX, number 7615, Rio de Janeiro, page 4:
- Houve, portanto, um augmento medio nos salarios de 40 °|° […]
- There was, thus an average increase in pay of 40% […]
- medium (intermediate size, degree, amount etc.)
- Synonyms: intermediário, mediano
- Antonym: extremo
- middle (being in the middle)
- Synonyms: central, intermediário, intermédio, interposto
- Antonym: marginal
- medieval (of the Middle Ages)
- Synonyms: medieval, mediévico, medievo
- Coordinate terms: antigo, contemporâneo, moderno, pré-histórico
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]médio m (plural médios)
- (usually in the plural) dipped headlight (main light on a motor vehicle)
- (sports) midfielder
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