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How to say "half" I've heard of a couple ways to say "half" and just want to double check which is appropriate in various circumstances. If you cut food/etc in half, is that mitad? In telling time, half past two would be dos y media? Does this change to mitad if I'm saying something lasts two and a half hours? What if I wanted to say "I can get it done in half the time?" When would you use mitad, medio/a, or something else? Thanks in advance.

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En las matematicas: adherencia semitransitivа напівтранзити́вне зáмкнення adherencia semiseparable напіввідокрéмне зáмкнення álgebra de semigrupos напівгрупóва áлґебра álgebra semilineal напівлінíйна áлґебра half-space = semiespacio = півпро́стір Semiespacio - cada una de las dos partes en que un plano divide el espacio. Ucraniano, español, inglés
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I think you use mitad for physical things and "media" for time, or other things you measure. For example: La mitad del pastel - half of the cake 2 cups and a half - 2 tazas y media half a cup of milk - Media taza de leche 1.5 tablespoons - Una cucharada y media Half an inch - media pulgada 1.5 inches - pulgada y media OR uno punto 5 pulgadas (both are okay)
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We say: Cortar fruta por la mitad Cortar un pedazo de carne por la mitad Partir una piedra por la mitad, partirla en dos 02:00 Son las dos y media. El espectáculo dura dos horas y media. Puedo hacerlo en la mitad del tiempo. BUT: La mitad de 1 hora es 30 minutos. (Half an hour is 30 minutes.) "Medio" is also used with some abstract concepts: media luna (half moon), mi media naranja (my other half). Also, "medio" can also mean "kinda", "a little" when used with an adjetive (in this case there's no agreement because it's an adverb): Ella está medio loca. She's kinda crazy. Él es medio llorón. He's kind of a crybaby.
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If you cut food/etc in half, is that mitad? Yes, that's right. You could say "lo corté/partí a la mitad". In telling time, half past two would be dos y media? Yes, that's right. Does this change to mitad if I'm saying something lasts two and a half hours? You can say: "dos horas Y MEDIA" What if I wanted to say "I can get it done in half the time?" You can say: "lo puedo terminar en la MITAD del tiempo". When you cut something in two pieces you should use "MITAD". When you are talking about a specific time you should use "MEDIA". When you are talking about a non specific time you should use "MITAD" Yo corto la piña a la MITAD.---> To cut it in two pieces. Ella está retrasada dos horas y MEDIA. --> "dos horas y media" A especific time. Puedo hacerlo en la MITAD del tiempo --> there's not a specific time in this sentence so that, you should use "MITAD"

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