adj. · #402
half
Example: Es la una y media.
It is half past one.
Spanish → English
medio
medio is Spanish for half.
What medio means
How common is it?
medio is ranked #402 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to medio — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- diez — ten
- cien — hundred
- mil — thousand
- por favor — please
- gracias — thank you
- de nada — you are welcome
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22