"medio" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: medios [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|medio||half, half-celemin, half-real, etc.}} Spanish medio (“half, half-celemin, half-real, etc.”), {{der|en|la|medius||half}} Latin medius (“half”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*meðjos}} Proto-Italic *meðjos, {{der|en|ine-pro|*médʰyos||between}} Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”), {{doublet|en|medium|media|mediate}} Doublet of medium, media, and mediate Head templates: {{en-noun}} medio (plural medios)
  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 2.3 L. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Historical currencies, Two, Units of measure Coordinate_terms (unit of dry volume): cuartillo (1⁄2 medio), celemin (2 medios), cuartilla (6 medios), hemina (10 medios), cuarto, media (12 medios), fanega (24 medios), saco (48 medios), carga (96 medios), cahiz (288 medios)
    Sense id: en-medio-en-noun-dyqJrmna Disambiguation of Historical currencies: 46 54 Disambiguation of Two: 50 50 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 6 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 2 1 2 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 5 Disambiguation of 'unit of dry volume': 78 22
  2. (historical) Any of various former Spanish and Latin American half-pieces, particularly the half-real both as a coin and a notional unit of account. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Historical currencies, Two Categories (place): Mexico, Spain Coordinate_terms (currency): real (2 medios), peso (16 medios) (english: some contexts)
    Sense id: en-medio-en-noun-vNG5nLtK Disambiguation of Historical currencies: 46 54 Disambiguation of Two: 50 50 Disambiguation of Mexico: 23 77 Disambiguation of Spain: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'currency': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maquila [Spain], copin [Asturias], copino

Inflected forms

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