half Significado & definición

Significado de half en español

• 0 one of two equal parts of something; 1/2 -- mitad

  • Cut the lemons into halves.

  • It’ll take half an hour to get there.

  • Jenny lived in Beijing for a year and a half.

• 1 to divide something into two equal parts -- romper, cortar, etc. algo por la mitad

  • Fold the piece of paper in half.

• 2 a lot -- la mitad de

  • I don’t even know where she is half the time.

• 3 30 minutes past one o’clock, two o’clock, etc. -- la una, las dos, etc. y media

  • We got back to our hotel at half past seven.

• 4 partly, but not completely -- medio

  • The room was half empty.

  • Sophia is half Greek and half Spanish (= she has one Greek parent and one Spanish parent).

• 5 of an amount equal to one of two equal parts -- mitad [ feminine ]

  • half a bottle of champagne media botella de champagne

  • We waited a half hour. Esperamos media hora.

• 6 the hardest part -- la mitad

  • Getting my parents to agree was half the battle. Conseguir que mis padres estuvieran de acuerdo era tener la mitad del camino andado.

• 7 much of the time, people, etc. -- mitad

  • Half the things she bought were really ugly. La mitad de las cosas que compró eran realmente feas.

• 8 one of two equal parts of sth -- mitad [ feminine ]

  • the first half of the year la primera parte del año

  • Half of the food was gone. La mitad de la comida se había acabado.

  • She gave me one of the halves of the apple. Ella me dio una de las mitades de la manzana.

  • The board had split in half. El tablero se había dividido por la mitad.

• 9 in sports, one of two equal periods of a game -- mitad [ feminine ]

  • He scored 20 points in the first half. Anotó 20 puntos en la primera mitad.

• 10 30 minutes past the hour of one o’clock, two o’clock, etc. -- mitad

• 11 partly -- mitad

  • She’s half French. Ella es mitad francesa.

  • I was half asleep. Estaba medio dormido

  • The food was half gone. Solo quedaba la mitad de la comida.

• 12 much less good, pretty, etc. than -- mitad

  • This one wasn’t half as good as the last one. Este no era ni la mitad de bueno que el anterior.