meio-termo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈteʁ.mu/ [ˌmeɪ̯.uˈteɦ.mu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈteɾ.mu/ [ˌmeɪ̯.uˈteɾ.mu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈteʁ.mu/ [ˌmeɪ̯.uˈteʁ.mu]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈteɻ.mu/ [ˌmeɪ̯.uˈteɻ.mu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.oˈteʁ.mo/ [ˌmeɪ̯.oˈteɦ.mo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɐj.uˈteɾ.mu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈteɾ.mu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈteɾ.mu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌme.uˈteɾ.mu/

Hyphenation: mei‧o‧ter‧mo

Noun

meio-termo m (plural meios-termos)

compromise (settlement of by consent reached by mutual concessions)
Synonym: compromisso
middle ground (a compromise position between extremes)
midterm

Further reading

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