Meanings
nounmedio (plural medios)
plural medios
- historicalA traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 2.3 L.
- historicalAny of various former Spanish and Latin American half-pieces, particularly the half-real both as a coin and a notional unit of account.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos“between”
- Proto-Italic*meðjos
- Latinmedius“half”
- Spanishmedio“half, half-celemin, half-real, etc.”
- Englishmedio
From Spanish medio (“half, half-celemin, half-real, etc.”), from Latin medius (“half”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Doublet of medium, media, and mediate.
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APA
medio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medio
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“medio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medio. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medio,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medio.
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