No. 601 in Slovak

polovice

"Polovice" in Slovak means "halves" in English.

In a sentence

Jedol som iba polovice jabĺk.
I ate only halves of the apples.
In this sentence, 'polovice' is used to denote halves of something, specifically apples.
Stretli sme sa uprostred polovice cesty.
We met in the middle of the halfway point of the path.
Here, 'polovice' refers to the halfway point in a spatial context.
Rozdelil peniaze na polovice medzi dve deti.
He divided the money into halves between two children.
In this context, 'polovice' is used to indicate an equitable division into two parts.

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