mediate

mediar

Ayudar a personas enfrentadas a dialogar y llegar a un acuerdo.

En inglés sencillo: To help people who disagree talk to each other and reach an agreement.

• Can you mediate between us?
• She mediated a dispute over working hours.
• An independent expert will mediate in the peace talks.

Cómo se usa: mediate between A and B (A teacher mediated between the two students.); mediate in something (The minister offered to mediate in the dispute.)

Sinónimos: arbitrate, intervene

Expresiones frecuentes: mediate a dispute, mediate between people, mediate peace talks

mediato, indirecto

Que ocurre a través de otra persona o cosa, en lugar de directamente.

En inglés sencillo: Happening through another person or thing, rather than directly.

• The philosopher distinguished direct from mediate knowledge.
• A mediate cause produces its effect through another cause.
• The essay examines mediate perception through signs and images.

Sinónimos: indirect

Antónimos: direct, immediate

Expresiones frecuentes: mediate knowledge, mediate cause, mediate perception