meio
Portuguese, noun/ˈmej.u/
meio is spelled M-E-I-O (4 letters) and appears 490 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 190th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “middle, center” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of mear. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “metade”.
What does meio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
half
adverb
- 1
a little bit, somewhat
Estou meio cansado.
- 2
almost
noun
- 1
masculinemiddle, center
- 2
masculinehalf
- 3
masculineway, mean (method by which something is done)
- 4
masculineenvironment
- 5
masculineresources, means
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of mear
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. designativo de metade
noun: 1. metade 2. centro 3. espaço onde se desenvolve a vida dos seres vivos; ambiente 4. ambiente social onde se vive
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 meio
- meia feminine
- meios masculine plural
- meias feminine plural
- meyo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meio?
- Brazil /ˈmej.u/
- Brazil [ˈmeɪ̯.u]
- Portugal /ˈmɐj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to meio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meio in Portuguese?
meio appears 490 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).