medium

medio, canal

Forma de transmitir información o mensajes a las personas, o de realizar una actividad.

En inglés sencillo: A way of passing information or messages to people or carrying out an activity.

• Radio is a powerful medium.
• The internet became her main medium for teaching.
• Money serves as a medium of exchange.

Cómo se usa: medium for something (Radio is a useful medium for public announcements.); through the medium of something (They shared their experiences through the medium of film.)

Sinónimos: channel, means

Expresiones frecuentes: advertising medium, medium of exchange, medium for something

medio, técnica

Material o técnica que un artista usa para crear una obra o expresar algo.

En inglés sencillo: A material or method an artist uses to make or express something.

• Clay is her favorite medium.
• He works in several different media.
• The artist chose photography as her medium.

Expresiones frecuentes: chosen medium, artistic medium, medium of something

medio

Sustancia, como el aire o el agua, por la que se propaga el sonido, la luz u otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: A substance, such as air or water, through which sound, light, or another thing travels.

• Sound needs a medium to travel through.
• Light slows down when it enters a different medium.
• Water acts as a medium for these waves.

Expresiones frecuentes: through a medium, liquid medium, transparent medium

médium

Persona que afirma recibir mensajes de personas fallecidas.

En inglés sencillo: A person who claims to receive messages from people who have died.

• She visited a medium.
• The medium claimed to hear her grandfather.
• Do you believe mediums can speak to the dead?

Sinónimos: spirit medium

Expresiones frecuentes: visit a medium, psychic medium, medium contacted someone

mediano, medio

Entre pequeño y grande, o entre bajo y alto.

En inglés sencillo: Between small and large, or between low and high.

• I need a medium shirt.
• Cook the eggs over medium heat.
• Would you like a small or medium drink?

Sinónimos: mid-sized, moderate

Expresiones frecuentes: medium size, medium heat, medium height