mitad

Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

	20[a], [b]
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Cardinal: dos     Ordinal: segundo     Ordinal abbreviation: 2.º     Multiplier: doble     Collective: ambos     Fractional: medio, mitad
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Alternative forms

• metad (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish meitad, meytat, meetat, from Late Latin medietātem (compare Catalan meitat, French moitié, Italian metà, Portuguese metade), from Latin medius (“mean, middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈtad/ [miˈt̪að̞]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: mi‧tad

Noun

mitad f (plural mitades)

1. (fractional number) half

   tres mitades ― three halves (³⁄₂)

   la mitad del pastel ― half of the cake

Derived terms

• cuarto y mitad
• mitad y mitad
• pan por mitad

 

Related terms

• medio

 

Further reading

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