mediodía
See also: mediodia
Galician
Etymology
Noun
mediodía m (plural mediodías)
Spanish
Alternative forms
- mediodia (obsolete)
Etymology
From medio (“half”) + día (“day”). Compare Occitan mieidia, French midi, Portuguese meio-dia, Catalan migdia, Italian mezzodì, Romanian miazăzi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /medjoˈdia/ [me.ð̞joˈð̞i.a]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: me‧dio‧dí‧a
Noun
mediodía m (plural mediodías)
- noon, midday
- pleno mediodía ― high noon
- (Spain) lunchtime
- hacer mediodía ― to stop for lunch
- meridian
- south
Related terms
- meridional, meridiano (adjectival form)
Further reading
- “mediodía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024