How to Say ‘I'm one metre eighty tall’ in Spain Spanish
Mido un metro ochenta
MEE-doh oon MEH-troh oh-chehn-tah
[MEE-doh oon MEH-troh oh-chehn-tah]
💬 Usage Tip: Spanish gives height with medir "to measure", so it literally says 'I measure', not 'I am'. Swap in your own number: mido un metro setenta.
Phrase Breakdown
Mido un metro
MEE-doh oon MEH-troh
I am one meter
'Mido' comes from 'medir' (to measure). Spaniards give height in meters. Stress MI-do and ME-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'; Spanish says your height with this verb.
Mido un metro sesenta.
I'm one metre sixty tall.
un
[oon]
a / one
"Un" is the masculine form of "a" or "one" in Spanish.
Un minuto más, por favor.
One more minute, please.
metro
[MEH-troh]
metre
Unit of length; heights are given in metres and centimetres.
La puerta mide dos metros.
The door is two metres high.
ochenta
[oh-chehn-tah]
Eighty
The number 80, follows seventy-nine and precedes eighty-one.
Corrí "Ochenta" kilómetros en una semana.
I ran "Eighty" kilometers in a week.
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