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Does anybody know what the Spanish expression METRO Y MEDIO mean?

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a meter and a half.............

does it have a double meaning?
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Hello!

Does anybody know what the Spanish expression METRO Y MEDIO mean?

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It's like saying "yard and a half"

Now, as Elaina states, depending on context, it might mean something else...
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One and a half underground rail systems....
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Here is the quotation. It is perhaps easier then:

Ecuador no estará en Suráfrica porque Suazo aprovechó un control nefasto de Millar que le dejó el balón muerto a metro y medio del portero.
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Here is the quotation. It is perhaps easier then:

Ecuador no estará en Suráfrica porque Suazo aprovechó un control nefasto de Millar que le dejó el balón muerto a metro y medio del portero.
A meter and a half (about five feet) from the goalie.
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I did not think that it was that easy
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I did not think that it was that easy

Sometimes it is......isn't that great?

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Hello!

Does anybody know what the Spanish expression METRO Y MEDIO mean?

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But you need to be more specific in the length that you need to describe.

I mean. I can guess that you are asking us.

For instance, Tengo un cable de metro y medio.

Mido metro y medio.

Therefore I don't know which one is the expression that you need to know.

Sincerely it could expressed itself as Meter and half.
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SOmetimes when we talk about sb´s height, we use this expression to mean that the person is too short.
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Hi Rondesbois

That was interesting information. Spanish is your language?
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