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

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The air is a medium for sound. El aire es el medio del sonido.
I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: "The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair." In these words he epitomized the history of the human race. Un día en la escuela encontré a un niño mediano maltratando a un niño más pequeño. Yo me quejé, pero él me replicó: "Los grandes me pegan, así que pego a los pequeños, es justo." Con estas palabras personificó la historia de la raza humana.
Television is a very important medium through which to provide information. La televisión es un medio muy importante por el que transmitir información.
It’s a communication medium, not a substance or specific activity. Es un medio de comunicación, no una sustancia o una actividad específica.
Anyone who uses or works with Esperanto is an Esperantist, and every Esperantist has the right to consider their language a simple medium for international comprehension. Toda persona que utilice el esperanto o trabaje con él es un esperantista, y cada esperantista tiene el justo derecho de considerar la lengua como un simple medio de comprensión internacional.
The media doesn't distribute the news. Los medios no difunden esta noticia.
The media doesn't report this news. Los medios no difunden esta noticia.
Newspapers, television, and radio are called the mass media. A los periódicos, la televisión y la radio se les llama medios de comunicación masiva.
Why is it the mass media didn't report this? ¿Por qué los medios de comunicación no reportaron esto?
The mystery surrounding his death was played up by the media. El misterio sobre su muerte fue exagerado por los medios.
The media got wind of a rumor about his engagement and came quickly. Los medios se enteraron de un rumor sobre su compromiso y vinieron rápidamente.
Compare unidirectional mass media such as radio and television with bidirectional ones such as correspondence and the Internet. Compare los medios de comunicación unidireccionales como la radio o la televisión con los medios bidireccionales como la correspondencia o Internet.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Todo individuo tiene derecho a la libertad de opinión y de expresión; este derecho incluye el de no ser molestado a causa de sus opiniones, el de investigar y recibir informaciones y opiniones, y el de difundirlas, sin limitación de fronteras, por cualquier medio de expresión.
Try to strike a happy medium Ni tanto que queme al santo, ni tanto que no lo alumbre
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