Usage Note
Mediodía is masculine despite ending in -a: el mediodía. It is a compound of medio + día, and the masculine gender comes from día. The phrase a mediodía means 'at noon'. In Spain it also loosely refers to the long midday break period (roughly 14:00–16:00), not just the clock hour.
Examples
"Comemos juntos al mediodía."
Natural Translation
We eat together at noon.

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