Skip to content

promediar

to average; to be around (a value)

verb proh-meh-DYAHR Rare

Usage Note

Promediar means both 'to calculate an average' (promediar los resultados) and, intransitively, 'to average out at a certain value' (el equipo promedió tres goles por partido). The related noun promedio means 'average' or 'mean'. In sports commentary promediar is especially common when discussing statistics.

Examples

"El equipo promedió dos goles por partido."

Natural Translation

The team averaged two goals per match.

Free starter pack

Building your Spanish vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common Spanish words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore Spanish by topic