medida
Portuguese
Etymology
From medir.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/, /miˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈd͡ʒi.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈdi.dɐ/ [mɨˈði.ðɐ]
- Hyphenation: me‧di‧da
Noun
medida f (plural medidas)
- measurement; measure
- action, step, sanction
- 2015 December 3, Maria Lopes, Nuno Sá Lourenço, Sofia Rodrigues, “Costa anuncia 13 medidas no seu primeiro debate”, in Público:
- O segundo debate sobre um programa de Governo desta legislatura trouxe ontem ao Parlamento um primeiro-ministro municiado para o embate com uma mão cheia de medidas políticas.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- na medida
Spanish
Etymology
From medir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈdida/ [meˈð̞i.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ida
- Syllabification: me‧di‧da
Noun
medida f (plural medidas)
- measurement; measure, gauge
- Synonym: medición
- degree, extent
- action, step, sanction
- moderation
Derived terms
- a la medida
- a medida (“tailor-made, custom”)
- a medida que
- en cierta medida (“to some extent, to a certain extent, to some degree”)
- en gran medida (“largely, greatly, to a large extent, to a great extent”)
- en la mayor medida posible (“as much as possible”)
- en la medida en que
- en su justa medida (“for its true worth”)
- en una medida (“to an extent”)
- medidas de seguridad
Related terms
Further reading
- “medida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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