How to Say ‘I'm one meter eighty tall’ in Mexican Spanish
Mido un metro ochenta
MEE-doh oon MEH-troh o-chen-ta
[MEE-doh oon MEH-troh o-chen-ta]
💬 Usage Tip: medir changes its middle vowel when you talk about yourself: mido, not medo. Height goes in meters and centimeters, so 1.65 m is un metro sesenta y cinco.
Phrase Breakdown
Mido un metro
MEE-doh oon MEH-troh
I measure one meter
'Mido' means 'I measure' and is used to give your height. Link 'mido un' into 'mee-do-oon', then say MEH-tro.
Mido un metro sesenta.
I'm one meter sixty tall.
Words in this phrase
Mido
[MEE-doh]
I measure / I am (tall)
First person of 'medir'; used to state your height.
Mido un metro sesenta.
I am one meter sixty tall.
un
[oon]
a / one
An indefinite article that combines with 'poco' to mean 'a little'.
Un poco más tarde está bien.
A little later is fine.
metro
[MEH-troh]
meter
Unit of length; heights in Mexico are given in meters and centimeters.
La mesa mide un metro.
The table is one meter long.
ochenta
[o-chen-ta]
Eighty
The cardinal number following seventy-nine and preceding eighty-one; 80.
Ochenta gramos de café es suficiente.
Eighty grams of coffee is enough.
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