mitad

• metad (archaic)

Inherited from Old Spanish meitad, meytat, meetat, from Late Latin medietātem (compare Catalan meitat, French moitié, Italian metà, Portuguese metade), from Latin medius (“mean, middle”).

The coffee was named by don José Prado Crespo, see: nube.

• IPA^(key): /miˈtad/ [miˈt̪að̞]

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• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: mi‧tad

mitad f (plural mitades)

1. (fractional number) half

   tres mitades ― three halves (³⁄₂)

   la mitad del pastel ― half of the cake

mitad m (plural mitades)

1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 50% milk and 50% coffee

mitad m or f (masculine and feminine plural mitades)

1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 50% milk and 50% coffee

• “mitad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16