mitad

/miˈtad/, [miˈt̪að̞], -ad

half

Examples

Él se detuvo a la mitad de su discurso.

He broke off in the middle of his speech.

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Una vez intenté la meditación budista, pero me dormí a la mitad de la sesión.

I tried Buddhist meditation once, but I fell asleep halfway through the session.

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La segunda mitad del encuentro fue muy apasionante.

The latter half of the game was very exciting.

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La mitad de un pan es mejor que nada.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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El área de un triángulo es la mitad del área del rectángulo con base y altura equivalentes.

The area of a triangle is half of the area of the rectangle with equivalent base and height.

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El bebé despertó en la mitad de la noche.

The baby woke up in the middle of the night.

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Ella se levantó y se fue a la mitad de nuestra conversación.

She got up and left in the middle of our conversation.

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Le oyó llorar en mitad de la noche.

She heard him cry in the middle of the night.

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Más de la mitad de mis libros fueron destruidos por el fuego ayer por la noche.

More than half of my books were destroyed by the fire last night.

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Tom no sabe ni la mitad.

Tom doesn't know the half of it.

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El pájaro era de la mitad del porte de un águila.

The bird was half as large as an eagle.

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Los botes salvavidas del Titanic solo tenían espacio suficiente para llevar a cerca de la mitad de los que iban a bordo.

The Titanic's lifeboats only had enough space to carry about half of those on board.

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Su ingreso se redujo a la mitad después de jubilarse.

His income was diminished by half after retirement.

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Una cara bonita es la mitad de la dote.

A beautiful face is half of the dowry.

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Estamos a la mitad del trabajo.

We're halfway through.

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No dejes las cosas por la mitad.

Don't leave things half finished.

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La mitad de ustedes son idiotas.

Half of you are idiots.

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¿Alguna vez te has duchado a la mitad de la noche?

Have you ever taken a shower in the middle of the night?

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La mitad de las manzanas están podridas.

Half of the apples are rotten.

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No creas nada de lo que oigas, y solo la mitad de lo que veas.

Believe none of what you hear and a half of what you see.

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