media naranja

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Spanish

Etymology

Literally, half orange. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmedja naˈɾanxa/
  • Syllabification: me‧dia na‧ran‧ja

Noun

media naranja f (plural medias naranjas)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) better half, significant other
    • 2013, Juan E. Huegel, El Matrimonio: ¿Desde la caída o desde la cruz?: La imagen de Dios en las relaciones matrimoniales, Palibrio, →ISBN, page 11:
      Entonces un hermano trató de resumir lo que se estaba discutiendo con la siguiente analogía: “Hay la idea popular que en el matrimonio cada uno de nosotros es como una media naranja que busca la mitad que le hace falta para completar su naranja y cuando la encontramos decimos con gusto, ‘Ya encontré mi media naranja’.
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