Usage examples of "medios" in Spanish with translation to English

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El fin justifica los medios. The end justifies the means.
Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. Means of transport were improved.
Tratamos por todos los medios posibles. We tried all means possible.
El fin no siempre justifica los medios. The end does not always justify the means.
Los países involucrados resolvieron la disputa por medios pacíficos. The countries concerned settled the dispute by peaceful means.
Debemos evitar la guerra por todos los medios posibles. We must avoid war by all possible means.
Debemos evitar la guerra nuclear por todos los medios. We have to avoid the nuclear war by all means.
He de salvar al niño ahogado por todos los medios. I must save the drowning child by all means.
Lo que importa no son los medios sino el fin. It is not the means which matters, it is the end.
En el comunismo el Estado es el dueño de los medios de producción. In communism, the means of production are owned by the state.
La pobreza con honestidad es preferible a la riqueza obtenida por medios injustos. Poverty with honesty is preferable to wealth obtained by unfair means.
Toda persona que trabaja tiene derecho a una remuneración equitativa y satisfactoria, que le asegure, así como a su familia, una existencia conforme a la dignidad humana y que será completada, en caso necesario, por cualesquiera otros medios de protección social. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
Tenemos media docena de huevos. We have a half-dozen eggs.
Él es de la clase media. He comes from the middle class.
Estudio inglés dos horas al día de media. I study English two hours a day on an average.
Él se perdió en medio de la nieve. He lost his way in the snow.
No puede medirse en términos del dinero. It can't be measured in terms of money.
Por favor, espera media hora. Please wait half an hour.
Estamos en medio de unos negocios. We're in the middle of negotiations.
¡Este año tengo mejor nota media que tú! This year, my Grade-Point Average is better than yours!
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