half in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for half in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.half <pl halves> [Am hæf, Brit hɑːf] N

II.half [Am hæf, Brit hɑːf] PRON

III.half [Am hæf, Brit hɑːf] ADJ

half
medio / media
he won half a million pounds
ganó medio millón de libras
half a pint of milk
media pinta de leche
one and a half hours
una hora y media
half the school knows about it already
ya lo sabe medio colegio
half the amount has been raised already
ya hemos recaudado la mitad del dinero
half my salary goes on the mortgage
la mitad del sueldo se me va en la hipoteca
he's half her age
ella le dobla la edad
the planning is half the fun
los preparativos son casi tan divertidos como la fiesta (or el viaje etc.) en sí
she isn't half the player/singer she used to be inf
no es ni con mucho la jugadora/cantante que era
she isn't half the player/singer she used to be inf
no es ni sombra de lo que era inf
the shirt had half sleeves
la camisa era de manga corta
she managed a half smile
apenas logró esbozar una sonrisa
to have a half share in sth
tener la mitad de algo

IV.half [Am hæf, Brit hɑːf] ADV

half
medio
the meat is half cooked
la carne está medio cruda or a medio cocer
the work is only half done
el trabajo está a medio hacer
she was half asleep
estaba medio dormida or semidormida
the door was half closed
la puerta estaba entreabierta
I half expected to find him here
en cierto modo esperaba encontrármelo aquí
I was only half listening
no estaba prestando mucha atención
she said it half jokingly
lo dijo medio en broma
half walking, half running
medio caminando, medio corriendo
half man, half horse
mitad hombre, mitad caballo
she is half Italian, half Greek
es hija de italianos y griegos
they are paid half as much as we are
les pagan la mitad que a nosotros
that will cost you half as much again
le costará un 50% más
the movie isn't half as good as the book inf
la película no es ni la mitad de buena que el libro
not half Brit inf as intensifier he isn't half clever
es inteligentísimo
do you like it? — not half!
¿te gusta? — no me gusta, me encanta
it isn't half cold today
hoy hace un frío de los demonios inf

half- [Am hæf, Brit hɑːf] PREFIX

half-and-half [Am ˈˌhæf ən ˈhæf, Brit ˌhɑːf(ə)nˈhɑːf] N U

center half, centre half Brit <pl halfs or halves> N

half-assed [ˈhæfæst] ADJ Am sl

half-baked [Am ˈhæf ˈˌbeɪkt, Brit] ADJ inf

half in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for half in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.half [hɑ:f, Am hæf] halves N

II.half [hɑ:f, Am hæf] halves ADJ

III.half [hɑ:f, Am hæf] halves ADV

IV.half [hɑ:f, Am hæf] halves PRON

half Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

half and half
mitad y mitad
half an hour, a half hour
media hora
do you like it? — not half!
¿te gusta? — ¡no me gusta, me encanta!
half and half
mitad y mitad
in the latter half of the year
en la segunda mitad del año
half a loaf is better than none
a falta de pan, buenas son tortas prov
not to know the half [or the first thing] of it
no saber de la misa la media [o la °mitad] inf
mix flour and water, half and half [or in equal amounts]
mezcla harina y agua, mitad y mitad
half a loaf is better than none prov
a falta de pan, buenas son tortas prov
he/she is too confident by half
peca por exceso de confianza

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Translations for half in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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He deployed roughly half of the Ethiopian army to contain the struggle.
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Two particularly poignant examples are the sixty-fourth note runs near the beginning, and the trembling half-step figure that appears at the beginning and end.
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Later images show him as a beardless, sensuous, naked or half-naked androgynous youth: the literature describes him as womanly or man-womanish.
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Its original features include the monitor roof, half-moon windows, and porcelian-enameled base.
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He disappears and reappears, gets cut in half, makes audience members vanish and others levitate.
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Half of the funds in the $7.3 billion budget for the next fiscal year will go toward citywide personnel costs.
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Cf, which is available in relatively large quantities due to its long half-life (2.65 years).
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Approximately 500 staff, or almost half the total, entered the armed forces.
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Fill a wooden tub or half barrel with these bulbs and you have a fabulous show and interesting conversation piece for your garden.
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In the second half of the 19th century, steam was harnessed to laundry purposes and commercial laundries used steam-powered mangles or ironers.
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