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Mediante

Mediante is a Spanish preposition used to indicate the means, instrument, or method by which an action is carried out. It is commonly translated as by means of, through, or via. In formal or written Spanish, mediante often emphasizes the mechanism or intermediary involved rather than the path or agent. It can introduce a noun phrase, as in mediante un acuerdo, or a verb phrase through a gerund or accompanying noun, for example mediante la firma de un contrato or mediante la cooperación de varias partes. It is frequently chosen in legal, administrative, or technical contexts where the procedure or process is being described.

Usage notes and alternatives: While mediante can be replaced by a through phrase such as por medio

Etymology: the term comes from Latin, with a form used in medieval Latin roughly meaning through or

Examples: El pago se realizó mediante transferencia electrónica. La resolución se adoptó mediante votación. El informe

See also: por medio de, a través de, instrumento (grammatical term), preposición.

de
or
a
través
de,
each
expresses
a
slightly
different
nuance.
Por
medio
de
tends
to
be
neutral
and
common
in
everyday
language;
a
través
de
focuses
on
the
route
or
channel.
Mediante,
by
contrast,
foregrounds
the
intermediary
or
mechanism
used
to
achieve
a
result
and
is
therefore
common
in
formal
discourse.
by
means
of,
related
to
the
concept
of
the
middle
or
intermediary.
It
has
cognates
in
other
Romance
languages,
such
as
Portuguese
mediante
and
Italian
mediante,
with
closely
related
meanings.
se
elaboró
mediante
la
recopilación
de
datos.