middling in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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middling [Am ˈmɪdlɪŋ, Brit ˈmɪd(ə)lɪŋ] ADJ

See also fair2, fair1

I.fair1 <fairer fairest> [Am fɛr, Brit fɛː] ADJ

1. fair (just):

fair person/decision
justo
fair person/decision
imparcial
fair fight/contest/election
limpio
she was never given a fair chance
nunca le dieron una oportunidad como es debido
come on, now: fair's fair
vamos, seamos justos or lo justo es justo
it's not fair!
¡no hay derecho!
it's not fair!
¡no es justo!
I feel it's only fair to warn you
me parece justo advertirte
by fair means or foul
por las buenas o por las malas
fair enough
bueno, está bien
he's come in for more than his fair share of criticism
le ha tocado recibir muchas críticas
I've had my fair share of problems recently
ya he tenido bastantes problemas últimamente
to be fair on or to sb it's not fair to her to expect her to do it
no es justo pretender que lo haga ella
that wouldn't be fair on the others
eso no sería justo (para) con los demás
that wouldn't be fair on the others
esto afectaría injustamente a los demás
but to be fair one has to recognize that …
pero en honor a la verdad uno tiene que reconocer que …
be fair (to him)
no seas injusto (con él)
fair and square he won fair and square
ganó en buena ley or con todas las de la ley
I hit him fair and square on the nose
le di de lleno en la nariz
all's fair in love and war
en el amor y en la guerra todo vale

II.fair1 [Am fɛr, Brit fɛː] ADV

I.middle [Am ˈmɪdl, Brit ˈmɪd(ə)l] N

1. middle (of object, place):

middle (center)
centro m
middle (center)
medio m
middle (half-way line)
mitad f
it stood in the middle of the room
estaba en el centro or en (el) medio or en la mitad de la habitación
they were playing in the middle of the road
estaban jugando en (el) medio or en la mitad de la calle
much of the play was confined to the middle of the field
el partido se concentró en el centro del campo
the industries are concentrated in the middle of the country
las industrias se concentran en el centro del país
in the middle of nowhere
quién sabe dónde
in the middle of nowhere
en el quinto pino Spain inf
in the middle of nowhere
donde el diablo perdió el poncho AmS inf
we cut the cake down the middle
partimos el pastel por la mitad
to split sth down the middle
dividir algo por la mitad
the party is split down the middle over this issue
el partido está dividido en dos sectores de opinión sobre este problema

II.middle [Am ˈmɪdl, Brit ˈmɪd(ə)l] ADJ attr

middle-aged [Am ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒd, Brit mɪdəlˈeɪdʒd] ADJ

middle-income [ˌmɪdlˈɪnkəm] ADJ

I.middle class [Am ˈˌmɪdl ˈklæs, Brit] N C or U often pl

I.middle distance N (in picture, photo)

middling in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for middling in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.middling [ˈmɪdlɪŋ] ADJ inf

upper-middle-income [ˈʌpəʳˈmɪdlˈɪŋkʌm, Am -ɚˈmɪdlˈɪn-] ADJ inv

middling Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

bang in the middle of the road
en el mismísimo centro de la carretera
to play both ends against the middle Am
oponer a dos contrincantes en beneficio propio
in the middle of the night
en plena noche
to be in the middle of doing sth
estar ocupado haciendo algo
in the middle of the square
en el centro de la plaza
having eyebrows that meet (in the middle)
cejijunto (-a)
in the middle of the forest
en mitad del bosque
in the middle of it all
en medio de todo
by the middle of the week [or by midweek]
para mediados de semana
to acquire a middle age spread
ajamonarse
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Most notably, rolls of more than 93 or less than 8 were significantly rarer than middling results.
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They were described as one of the bands which attract support as either middling bands on the way up or potential big bands.
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He had his land surveyed and tried to sell plots, with no success, so he became a rancher, with middling success.
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The five blond and curly-haired siblings were said to sing in high squeaky voices and dance with middling ability.
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As a result, it is quite uncommon for an answer to score a middling mark (e.g. 46).
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Other reviews were middling, calling the writing of the show acceptable and praising the strength of the cast.
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His face is described as full, his complexion dark and his build as middling stout.
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The subsidies of 1532-1535 again covered extensively the householders of middling and higher status.
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They repeated the cycle of middling performances followed by demotion over the next seven seasons.
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Another middling season followed in 1967, with six wins, seven losses, and one tie.
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