meia

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) sock (covering for the foot; originally short form of meia-calça)
2. (Brazil,abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,feminine) Ellipsis of meia-entrada. (a ticket sold for half its normal price, as required by law, for students and children)
3. (Portugal,feminine,historical) obsolete unit of measure for liquids, equivalent to six pints
4. (feminine) half past (short form of meia hora)

Adj

feminine singular of meio

Adv

Misconstruction of meio

Num

six (6, used instead of seis when it’s necessary to avoid confusion with rhyme três; short form of meia dúzia)

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of mear:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of mear:

Hyphenated as

mei‧a

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmej.ɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese meya, from Latin media, feminine of medius (“middle; half”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (“between”). Doublet of média.

Sentences

Precisamos esperar mais meia hora .

We need to wait another half hour.

Mulher de meia idade comendo frango .

Middle-aged woman eating chicken.

Um automóvel chegará no final do beco em meia hora , você deve entrar .

An automobile will arrive at the end of the alley in half an hour, you must enter.

Meia hora não haverá tempo para o pessoal assistido .

Half an hour there will be no time for assisted personnel.