médio
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin medius, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare meio (an inherited doublet).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
médio (feminine média, masculine plural médios, feminine plural médias)
- average (constituting or relating to the average)
- 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)
Coordinate terms edit
- (medieval): antigo, contemporâneo, moderno, pre-histórico
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Noun edit
médio m (plural médios)
- (usually in the plural) dipped headlight (main light on a motor vehicle)
- (sports) midfielder