mediar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [me.d͡ʒiˈa(h)], (faster) /meˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [meˈd͡ʒja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [me.d͡ʒiˈa(h)], (faster) /meˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [meˈd͡ʒja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /meˈd͡ʒja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [me.d͡ʒiˈa(χ)], (faster) /meˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [meˈd͡ʒja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /meˈd͡ʒja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdjaɾ/ [mɨˈðjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdjaɾ/ [mɨˈðjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: me‧di‧ar

Verb

mediar (first-person singular present medeio, third-person singular present medeia, first-person singular preterite mediei, past participle mediado)

1. to mediate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mediar (i becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mediar
Personal	mediar	mediares	mediar	mediarmos	mediardes	mediarem
Gerund
	mediando
Past participle
Masculine	mediado			mediados
Feminine	mediada			mediadas
Indicative
Present	medeio	medeias	medeia	mediamos	mediais	medeiam
Imperfect	mediava	mediavas	mediava	mediávamos	mediáveis	mediavam
Preterite	mediei	mediaste	mediou	mediamos1, mediámos2	mediastes	mediaram
Pluperfect	mediara	mediaras	mediara	mediáramos	mediáreis	mediaram
Future	mediarei	mediarás	mediará	mediaremos	mediareis	mediarão
Conditional	mediaria	mediarias	mediaria	mediaríamos	mediaríeis	mediariam
Subjunctive
Present	medeie	medeies	medeie	mediemos	medieis	medeiem
Imperfect	mediasse	mediasses	mediasse	mediássemos	mediásseis	mediassem
Future	mediar	mediares	mediar	mediarmos	mediardes	mediarem
Imperative
Affirmative		medeia	medeie	mediemos	mediai	medeiem
Negative (não)		não medeies	não medeie	não mediemos	não medieis	não medeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Nonstandard conjugation:

    Conjugation of mediar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mediar
Personal	mediar	mediares	mediar	mediarmos	mediardes	mediarem
Gerund
	mediando
Past participle
Masculine	mediado			mediados
Feminine	mediada			mediadas
Indicative
Present	medio	medias	media	mediamos	mediais	mediam
Imperfect	mediava	mediavas	mediava	mediávamos	mediáveis	mediavam
Preterite	mediei	mediaste	mediou	mediamos1, mediámos2	mediastes	mediaram
Pluperfect	mediara	mediaras	mediara	mediáramos	mediáreis	mediaram
Future	mediarei	mediarás	mediará	mediaremos	mediareis	mediarão
Conditional	mediaria	mediarias	mediaria	mediaríamos	mediaríeis	mediariam
Subjunctive
Present	medie	medies	medie	mediemos	medieis	mediem
Imperfect	mediasse	mediasses	mediasse	mediássemos	mediásseis	mediassem
Future	mediar	mediares	mediar	mediarmos	mediardes	mediarem
Imperative
Affirmative		media	medie	mediemos	mediai	mediem
Negative (não)		não medies	não medie	não mediemos	não medieis	não mediem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• médio

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mediāre, from Latin medius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdjaɾ/ [meˈð̞jaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: me‧diar

Verb

mediar (first-person singular present medio, first-person singular preterite medié, past participle mediado)

1. to mediate
2. to center, to give a central, medium or average value

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mediar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mediar
gerund			mediando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mediado		mediada
		plural		mediados		mediadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	medio	mediastú mediásvos	media	mediamos	mediáis	median
	imperfect	mediaba	mediabas	mediaba	mediábamos	mediabais	mediaban
	preterite	medié	mediaste	medió	mediamos	mediasteis	mediaron
	future	mediaré	mediarás	mediará	mediaremos	mediaréis	mediarán
	conditional	mediaría	mediarías	mediaría	mediaríamos	mediaríais	mediarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	medie	mediestú mediésvos2	medie	mediemos	mediéis	medien
	imperfect (ra)	mediara	mediaras	mediara	mediáramos	mediarais	mediaran
	imperfect (se)	mediase	mediases	mediase	mediásemos	mediaseis	mediasen
	future1	mediare	mediares	mediare	mediáremos	mediareis	mediaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mediatú mediávos	medie	mediemos	mediad	medien
	negative		no medies	no medie	no mediemos	no mediéis	no medien

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mediar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive mediar	dative	mediarme	mediarte	mediarle, mediarse	mediarnos	mediaros	mediarles, mediarse
	accusative	mediarme	mediarte	mediarlo, mediarla, mediarse	mediarnos	mediaros	mediarlos, mediarlas, mediarse
with gerund mediando	dative	mediándome	mediándote	mediándole, mediándose	mediándonos	mediándoos	mediándoles, mediándose
	accusative	mediándome	mediándote	mediándolo, mediándola, mediándose	mediándonos	mediándoos	mediándolos, mediándolas, mediándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative media	dative	médiame	médiate	médiale	médianos	not used	médiales
	accusative	médiame	médiate	médialo, médiala	médianos	not used	médialos, médialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative mediá	dative	mediame	mediate	mediale	medianos	not used	mediales
	accusative	mediame	mediate	medialo, mediala	medianos	not used	medialos, medialas
with formal second-person singular imperative medie	dative	médieme	not used	médiele, médiese	médienos	not used	médieles
	accusative	médieme	not used	médielo, médiela, médiese	médienos	not used	médielos, médielas
with first-person plural imperative mediemos	dative	not used	mediémoste	mediémosle	mediémonos	mediémoos	mediémosles
	accusative	not used	mediémoste	mediémoslo, mediémosla	mediémonos	mediémoos	mediémoslos, mediémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mediad	dative	mediadme	not used	mediadle	mediadnos	mediaos	mediadles
	accusative	mediadme	not used	mediadlo, mediadla	mediadnos	mediaos	mediadlos, mediadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative medien	dative	médienme	not used	médienle	médiennos	not used	médienles, médiense
	accusative	médienme	not used	médienlo, médienla	médiennos	not used	médienlos, médienlas, médiense

Related terms

• mediación
• mediador
• medio

Further reading

• “mediar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025