medida
Portuguese, noun/meˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/
medida is spelled M-E-D-I-D-A (6 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,007th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Medida is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “measurement; measure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of medido. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “determinada grandeza que serve de padrão para avaliar outra”.
What does medida mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeasurement; measure
- 2
feminineaction, step, sanction
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of medido
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. determinada grandeza que serve de padrão para avaliar outra 2. razão existente entre uma grandeza e outra tomada como unidade 3. medição 4. precaução
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of medida
- medidas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce medida?
- Brazil /meˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/
- Brazil /miˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/
- Portugal /mɨˈdi.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
medida appears 98 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).