metade

Significat (Anglès)

1. (feminine) half (one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided)
2. (feminine) middle; midpoint (point equidistant between two extremes)
3. (feminine) middle (time between the beginning and the end)
4. (feminine) half (fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2)

Conceptes

meitat

mig

mitat

medi

part

Oposat a

dobro

Sinònims

meio

ambiente

centro

Traduccions

half

mitad

moitié

metà

Hälfte

helft

medio

demi

mezzo

Mitte

نِصْف

dimidium

نصف

midden

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/meˈta.d͡ʒi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de llatí: medius

Cognat amb espanyol: mitad

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese metade displacing collateral form meiadade, from Late Latin medietātem (“center; midpoint”), from Latin medius (“middle; half”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (“between”). Compare Spanish mitad.

Frases

Ela deu a cada um deles metade para fazê-los trabalhar juntos .

She gave each of them half to make them work together.

Uma criança coloca metade em um colchão e metade no chão .

A child places half on a mattress and half on the floor.

Temos oito por cento das pessoas conectadas à Internet e metade usa software ilegal .

We have eight percent of people connected to the Internet and half use illegal software.

Um inferno destruiu metade de Lisboa durante a inquisição portuguesa .

A hell destroyed half of Lisbon during the Portuguese inquisition.