mediodía

/meðjoˈðia/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los mediodías

Meaning

  1. midday

    Built from medio (half, middle) + día (day).

    • Comemos al mediodía.

      We eat at midday.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • medio half, middle
  • día day

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

midi

midi is the French word for the same thing — both mean "midday, noon."

Practice

1 What does mediodía mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comemos al ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mediodía?

nouncompound

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