médio
Portuguese, noun
médio is spelled M-É-D-I-O (5 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 986th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Médio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dipped headlight (main light on a motor vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, medio is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “categoria do boxe de até 72,574kg”.
What does médio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
average (constituting or relating to the average)
- 2
medium (intermediate size, degree, amount etc.)
- 3
middle (being in the middle)
- 4
medieval (of the Middle Ages)
noun
- 1
masculinedipped headlight (main light on a motor vehicle)
- 2
masculinemidfielder
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of médio
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mediar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está a meio caminho entre dois extremos 2. relativo à média 3. diz-se do ensino feito após o primário
noun: 1. categoria do boxe de até 72,574kg 2. lutador desta categoria
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 médio
- media feminine
- medios masculine plural
- medias feminine plural
- média feminine
- médios masculine plural
- médias feminine plural
- medio alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to médio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is médio in Portuguese?
médio appears 100 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).