meia

Portuguese

meia

Alternative forms

• meya (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.ɐ/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese meya, from Latin media, feminine of medius (“middle; half”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (“between”).

Adjective

meia f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective meio.

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: meeya

Noun

meia f (plural meias)

1. sock (covering for the foot; originally short form of meia-calça)
2. (Brazil) a ticket sold for half its normal price, as required by law, for students and children (short form of meia-entrada)
3. (Portugal) obsolete unit of measure for liquids, equivalent to six pints
4. (when reading a time) half past (short form of meia hora)

   O evento termina às três e meia.

   The event ends at half past three.

meia m f (plural meias)

1. (soccer) midfielder

Synonyms

• (sock): carpim (Rio Grande do Sul), peúga (Portugal)
• (ticket sold for half its normal price): meia-entrada
• (midfielder): meio-campista

Derived terms

• meia elástica

Related terms

• meado
• mear
• meias
• meio
• metade

Numeral

meia

1. (Brazil) six (6, used instead of seis when it’s necessary to avoid confusion with rhyme três; short form of meia dúzia)

Synonyms

• meia-dúzia, seis

Etymology 2

Inflected form of mear (“to half”).

Verb

meia

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of mear
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of mear