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Is there a difference between "mítad" and "mitad" as the Spanish word for "half" in English?
I have seen it written with both the i and the í (with an accent) and was curious what the difference was, if any.
I see this from time to time on Twitter:
Volar a Nigeria y en mítad del camino sobrevolar este punto tiene su cosa...
Mítad de semana y con mucha energía
No, mítad does not exist as a word. It must be an error.
The pronunciation of the word "mitad" is done by stressing the "a". Thus, adding an accent to the "i" would make it sound differently, like a different word. And I have never heard this, neither does the DRAE mention another possibility.
So I think this is a mere typo that someone did when writing it.
Your comment mentions two sentences where you saw the word written this way. One of them I could find in Twitter:
Volar a Nigeria y en mítad del camino sobrevolar este punto tiene su cosa... source in Twitter
The user says "mítad del camino", meaning "half way". But, as I said above, this word does not have an accent, so it is only the user who made a typo.
mitad without accent should be the answer. Edited my answer to reflect this.
– fedorqui 'SO stop harming'
Oct 18 '15 at 20:46
Mìtad doesn't exist as a word. It's a mistake. Just mitad that has the same meaning and is used in the same context as half.
