Spanish term
Spain
The Right Word Used in the Right Context
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
medían (in this context)
Para caracterizar la posible actitud del espectador a la hora de optar por una sala u otra y la adquisición de entradas se realizó un análisis cluster de los individuos para encontrar patrones en las respuestas que medían el grado de acuerdo con determinadas actitudes.
Does it mean something like "clarify" or "measure" perhaps? I have not been able to find it used as a verb in this kind of context, only in a legal context.
Thank you for any help
| 4 +7 | measured |
philgoddard
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| 4 +1 | characterise / gauge |
Jennifer Levey
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Non-PRO (2): Robert Carter, JohnMcDove
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Proposed translations
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measured
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Note added at 35 mins (2017-07-08 17:33:38 GMT)
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The fact that you've omitted the accent suggests you're confusing medir with mediar.
| Yes, medían was the word in the text, but I did not use the accent in the question Phil, sorry..... |
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Gabriela Alvarez
: I agree with you. Here it is used in a different tense.
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Marie Wilson
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Robert Carter
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JohnMcDove
: As simple as that. http://dle.rae.es/?id=Om9ZDVF See the "3.ª Persona del Pretérito Imperfecto", under "conjugar". I am a native Spaniard, and I agree with Robert. :-)
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Leda Roche
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neilmac
: I also like "gauge"for this... but not "characterise"...
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Robert Forstag
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Chile
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Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
characterise / gauge
... encontrar patrones en las respuestas que medían el grado de acuerdo con determinadas actitudes.
--> (for example)
... find patterns serving to gauge the correlation with determined attitudes.
| Thank you Robin, I notice that my question has been classified as Non-Pro by Robert Carter, but, I have lived in Spain for 40 years and this is the first time I have seen this word "medían" used in such a way, perhaps it is used in America like that, but certainly not in Spain. |
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JohnMcDove
: Agree with "gauge", but I don't really see a problem on using "measure", as the context already gives the "imprecision" of that "measurement"... :-)
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