medida
Spanish, noun/meˈdida/
medida is spelled M-E-D-I-D-A (6 letters) and appears 120 times per million words in written Spanish, the 724th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Medida is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “measurement; measure, gauge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of medido. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de medir”.
What does medida mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeasurement; measure, gauge
- 2
femininedegree, extent
- 3
feminineaction, step, sanction
- 4
femininemoderation
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of medido
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de medir. 2. Valor numérico de una medida₂. 3. Unidad estandarizada en que se expresan las medidas₃. 4. Objeto que se emplea como referencia para las medidas₄.
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 medida
- medidas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce medida?
- /meˈdida/
- [meˈð̞i.ð̞a]
- [meˈð̞ið̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to medida
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is medida in Spanish?
medida appears 120 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).