halfway

halfway
halfway adv a medio camino / a mitad de camino
it's halfway between Leeds and York está a mitad de camino entre Leeds y York
halfway
tr['hɑːf'weɪ]
adjective
1 medio,-a, intermedio,-a
■ the runners got to the halfway mark within record time los corredores pasaron por el ecuador de la carrera con un crono récord
adverb
1 a medio camino, a mitad de camino
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to meet somebody halfway figurative use llegar a un acuerdo mutuo
halfway point punto medio
halfway stage etapa intermedia
halfway ['hæf'weɪ] adv
: a medio camino, a mitad de camino
halfway adj
: medio, intermedio
a halfway point: un punto intermedio
halfway
adv.
• a medio camino adv.
n.
• medianía s.f.
['hɑːf'weɪ]
1. ADV
1) (lit) a medio camino

Reading is halfway between Oxford and London — Reading está a medio camino entre Oxford y Londres

we're halfway there — estamos a mitad de camino or a medio camino

halfway up/down the hill — a media cuesta

her hair reaches halfway down her back — el pelo le llega hasta la mitad de la espalda

they've travelled halfway around the world — han recorrido medio mundo

halfway through the film — hacia la mitad de la película, a (la) mitad de la película

the decision only goes halfway toward giving the strikers what they want — la decisión solo satisface a medias las demandas de los huelguistas

- meet sb halfway
2) *
(fig) (=at all, the least bit)

anything halfway decent will be incredibly expensive — cualquier cosa mínimamente decente va a ser carísima

2.
ADJ [mark] a or de medio camino; [stage] intermedio; (fig) (=incomplete) a medias
3.
CPD

halfway house N — (for rehabilitation) centro m de reinserción; (fig) punto m medio, término m medio

it's a halfway house between dance and drama — está a medio camino entre la danza y el teatro

halfway line N — (Rugby) línea f media


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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