medida

Portuguese

Etymology

From medir.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/, /miˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdi.dɐ/ [mɨˈði.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdi.dɐ/ [mɨˈði.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdi.dɐ/

• Hyphenation: me‧di‧da

Noun

medida f (plural medidas)

1. measurement; measure
2. action, step, sanction
   • 2015 December 3, Maria Lopes, Nuno Sá Lourenço, Sofia Rodrigues, “Costa anuncia 13 medidas no seu primeiro debate”, in Público:

     O segundo debate sobre um programa de Governo desta legislatura trouxe ontem ao Parlamento um primeiro-ministro municiado para o embate com uma mão cheia de medidas políticas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• na medida

Participle

medida f sg

1. feminine singular of medido

Further reading

• “medida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “medida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From medir + -ida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdida/ [meˈð̞i.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: me‧di‧da

Noun

medida f (plural medidas)

1. measurement; measure, gauge

   Synonym: medición

2. degree, extent
3. action, step, sanction
4. moderation

   Synonym: moderación

Derived terms

• a la medida
• a medida (“tailor-made, custom”)
• a medida que
• en cierta medida (“to some extent, to a certain extent, to some degree”)
• en gran medida (“largely, greatly, to a large extent, to a great extent”)
• en la mayor medida posible (“as much as possible”)
• en la medida en que
• en su justa medida (“for its true worth”)
• en una medida (“to an extent”)
• medidas de seguridad

Related terms

• medir

Descendants

• → Tagalog: medida

Participle

medida f sg

1. feminine singular of medido

Further reading

• “medida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish medir

Spanish -ida

Spanish medidabor.

Tagalog medida

Borrowed from Spanish medida.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /meˈdida/ [mɛˈd̪iː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: me‧di‧da

Noun

medida (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇᜒᜇ)

1. measurer; measuring tool; measuring instrument (such as a tape measure or graduated cylinder)

   Synonyms: sukatan, panukat, takalan, panakal

2. (literary, poetry, music) measure; measurement; number of syllables in a line (in poetry)

   Synonyms: sukat, metro

Further reading

• “medida”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “medida”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Santos, Vito C. (1978), Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1280
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 706