half1
UK: /hɑːf/ US: /hæf/ (pl halves)Translation
n [c]
Véase tb: centre half; to be too clever by half›
⇨ mitad
the second half of the story la segunda mitad del cuento
›half a dozen
media docena
and a half (con cifras)
⇨ y medio,dia
two and a half hours dos horas y media
first half (en deportes)
⇨ primer tiempo
half past (para las horas)
⇨ y media
It's half past five Son las cinco y media
in half
⇨ por el medio
⇨ por la mitad
to cut an apple in half cortar una manzana por la mitad
second half (en deportes)
⇨ segundo tiempo
(Definition of half n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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