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”).

The coffee was named by don José Prado Crespo, see: nube.

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

Noun

mitad m (plural mitades)

1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 50% milk and 50% coffee

Adjective

mitad m or f (masculine and feminine plural mitades)

1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 50% milk and 50% coffee

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• medio

 

Further reading

• “mitad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28