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las medias

socks, stockings, tights, halfway, incompletely

→ media
media average, mean + s Plural
noun · plural feminine Uncommon #20,639
socks, stockings, tights The exact meaning varies by region: it often means “socks” in Latin America and “stockings” in Spain.
SP: Me puse medias porque hacía frío.
EN: I put on socks because it was cold.
Declension of media
mediasmedia

Quisiera saber quién me ha robado mis medias.

I would like to know who stole my socks.

— Roma città aperta (1945)

¿Tiene más medias como esas?

Do you have any more socks like those?

— 色‧戒 (2007)

¡Estoy usando medias marrones!

I'm wearing brown tights!

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

¿Quiere comprar medias?

Would you like to buy tights?

— Vivir (1952)

Mi paga me llega para medias y cigarrillos.

My pay covers stockings and cigarettes.

— Roma città aperta (1945)

Eso y todo lo que hay entre medias.

That and everything in between.

¿Son esas medias?

Are those socks?

— 밀양 (2007)

¡Dos pares de medias, cien liras!

Two pairs of tights, 100 lire!

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

¿Dónde puedo comprar medias de señora?

Where can I buy women's stockings?

— Vivir (1952)

¿Sus medias?

Your socks?

— Memorias de un Asesino (2003)

Mire, mire señora qué medias he recibido.

Look, look, ma'am, what stockings I've received.

— Die Blechtrommel (1979)

Ella lleva medias.

She is wearing tights.

No le voy a poner medias.

I'm not going to put stockings on her.

— Amigos Intocables (2011)

De qué medias hablas?

What socks are you talking about?

— 3 Idiotas (2009)

Sus medias.

Her stockings.

— Memorias de un Asesino (2003)

¡Mis medias!

My socks!

— Picnic (1955)

Tomás no está usando medias.

Tomás isn't wearing socks.

Las bailarinas llevan medias blancas.

The ballerinas are wearing white tights.

Es verdad, ¿el cuello no está atado con sus medias?

That's right, isn't her neck tied up with her stockings?

— Memorias de un Asesino (2003)

adjective · plural Rare #40,658
halfway, incompletely In the expression «a medias», meaning that something is only partly done.
SP: Dejé el trabajo a medias.
EN: I left the work half-finished.
middle Used in «clases medias» for the middle classes.
SP: Las clases medias también necesitan ayuda.
EN: The middle classes need help too.
half Used before a feminine plural noun to mean that something is only partly complete.
SP: Escribió medias frases en su cuaderno.
EN: She wrote half-sentences in her notebook.
Forms of medio
mediamediomedias

No hagas las cosas a medias.

Don't do things halfway.

No haga usted las cosas a medias.

Don't do things halfway.

¡O medias!

Half-price tickets!

— El viaje de Chihiro (2001)

También somos víctimas las clases medias y altas.

We, the middle and upper classes, are also victims.

— Tropa de Élite (2007)

No había detalles, solo frases y medias frases.

There were no details, just phrases and half-sentences.

No debes hacer cosas a medias.

You shouldn't do things halfway.

No me gusta dejar el trabajo a medias.

I don't like leaving work half-finished.