media
Spanish, noun
media is spelled M-E-D-I-A (5 letters) and appears 155 times per million words in written Spanish, the 551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Media is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “half (one of two equal parts of any whole)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of medio. With an accent, medía is a different word: “first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of medir”. With an accent, mediá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of mediar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mitad de alguna cosa o período ya mentado”.
What does media mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehalf (one of two equal parts of any whole)
- 2
femininesynonym of cuarto, half-fanega (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L)
- 3
femininestocking (long thin leggings worn by women)
- 4
femininepantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist)
- 5
femininesock (short unisex cloth covering for feet)
- 6
femininemean, average (the arithmetic middle in a set of values)
media geométrica
- 7
feminineaverage grade
- 8
femininemidline (the medial line of the human body)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of medio
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of medir
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of mediar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mitad de alguna cosa o período ya mentado. 2. Cociente de la división de la sumatoria de varios números por el número de éstos.
noun: 1. Prenda femenina de náilon, de seda o de punto, que cubre el pie y la pierna hasta el muslo o aún la cadera. 2. Prenda de vestir unisex, de material textil, que cubre el pie y parte de la pierna.
noun: 1. Media docena.
noun: 1. Medios de comunicación considerados como un todo.^([cita requerida])
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of media
- medias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to media
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is media in Spanish?
media appears 155 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).