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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin medius, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare meio (an inherited doublet).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒjo/
- (Caipira Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.di.u/, /ˈmɛ.dju/, /ˈmɛ.diw/
- Hyphenation: mé‧di‧o
Adjective
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)
- Synonyms: medieval, mediévico, medievo
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Noun
médio m (plural médios)
- (usually in the plural) dipped headlight (main light on a motor vehicle)
- (sports) midfielder