Today’s Spanish word of the day is “mitad.”
It’s a feminine noun meaning “half” or “middle”.
The word “mitad” comes from the Latin medietas, which also meant “half.” An obscure English word from the same root is “moiety” which can mean “half” or “part”, and is only really used in specific contexts in fields including anthropology and chemistry. The Latin medietas is also related to the English word “median”.
Example sentences
Me comí la mitad de la pizza y te dejé el resto.
I ate half of the pizza and left you the rest.
Voy a pagar la mitad hoy y la otra mitad la pago la próxima semana.
I’ll pay half today and the other half next week.
La mitad de los estudiantes llegó tarde.
Half of the students arrived late.
A veces, la mitad de lo que hacemos no tiene el impacto que esperamos, pero la otra mitad vale la pena.
Sometimes, half of what we do doesn’t have the impact we expect, but the other half is worth it.
Cuando la mitad de la gente se fue, el ambiente en la fiesta cambió completamente.
When half of the people left, the atmosphere at the party changed completely.
