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medir

Spanish, verb/meˈdiɾ/

medir is a Spanish verb meaning “to measure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Determinar la proporción entre la magnitud o dimensión de un objeto y una determinada unidad de medida o…”.

What does medir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to measure

  2. 2

    to gauge

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Determinar la proporción entre la magnitud o dimensión de un objeto y una determinada unidad de medida o unidad de medición. 2. Establecer la cantidad, fuerza o intensidad de algo, al compararlo o enfrentarlo con otro elemento o con alguna circunstancia. 3. Establecer un límite adecuado para las acciones o las palabras.

verb: 1. Tener unas dimensiones determinadas, como cierta longitud, área, altura, volumen, etc.

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 medir

  • mido first-person present singular
  • medí first-person preterite singular
  • medido participle past
  • e-i alternation
  • midiendo gerund
  • medida feminine participle past
  • medidos masculine participle past
  • medidas feminine participle past
  • mides indicative informal present
  • medís indicative informal present
  • mide indicative present singular
  • medimos first-person indicative plural
  • miden indicative plural present
  • medía first-person imperfect indicative
  • medías imperfect indicative second-person
  • medíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • medíais imperfect indicative plural
  • medían imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce medir?

  • /meˈdiɾ/
  • [meˈð̞iɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to medir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is medir in Spanish?

medir appears 14 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).