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medio

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: M IY1 D IY0 OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M EH1 D IY0 OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 2.3 L.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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noun

Meaning 2

Any of various former Spanish and Latin American half-pieces, particularly the half-real both as a coin and a notional unit of account.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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History

Etymology

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.