What does mitad in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word mitad in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use mitad in Spanish.

The word mitad in Spanish means half, midpoint, halfway point, half, by half, by 50%, at midyear, half and half, break in half, split in two. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word mitad

half

nombre femenino (de dos partes iguales)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Yo me como esta mitad del bocadillo y tú esta otra.
I am going to eat this half of the sandwich, and you can have this other one.

midpoint, halfway point

nombre femenino (punto en el medio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El pueblo está a mitad de camino.
The town is at the midpoint (or; halfway point) of the distance.

half

adverbio (medio y medio)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Una sirena es mitad mujer y mitad pez.
A mermaid is half woman and half fish.

by half, by 50%

locución adverbial (en medio) (reduction)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
La tienda de artículos deportivos redujo todos sus precios a la mitad solo por este fin de semana.
The sporting goods store has reduced all prices by half just for this weekend.

at midyear

locución adverbial (entre junio y julio)

(preposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours.")
A mitad de año entró en vigor otro aumento al precio de la gasolina.
At midyear another hike in the price of gas went into effect.

half and half

locución adverbial (a partes iguales)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Nos repartiremos el botín mitad y mitad.
We will split the loot half and half.

break in half, split in two

locución verbal (en 2 partes iguales)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Partió la naranja por la mitad.

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