My word of the day (but unsure about its usage)

[Cifi]

I came across miope today and instantly liked it.

It seems to have two different meanings, which to some extent are mirrored in English (and German).

A) medical

This would be nearsighted or short-sighted in English I think. I've read that some people might prefer "no veo bien de lejos" instead of "soy miope", but miope would still be more common that its antonym, hipermétrope (https://forum.wordreference.com/threads ... r.1753956/). Question to the natives: How common would the medical terms be in your everyday language?

B) metaphoric, related to a vision of the future (or the absence of it)

This seems to work with short-sighted, too (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictio ... rt-sighted), but apparently not with nearsighted (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictio ... earsighted).

How common would that be, and does it have an antonym at all with this meaning?

Edit: I meant to post this in "language", not in "practice", but I don't find an option to move it myself, sorry.

[back4morelater]

For short-sightedness in English, I'd more often use the word "myopic". Though if I'm talking about why I wear glasses then I'd be more likely to say I'm short-sighted since it's going to be better understood by more people. I'd more often use myopic when talking about someone who isn't looking at the long term which fits with your second definition.

[Cifi]

I didn't really learn about the usage of miope/hipermétrope in Spanish, but well, it was yesterday's word, so I just put it aside for now and watch out if I can spot it in the wild.

Something loosely related to the topic: what animals do different languages use for comparisons of very bad eyesight?

• English: Blind as a bat (murciélago)
• Spanish: Ciego como un topo (mole)
• German: Blind wie ein Maulwurf (mole)

are the ones I'm aware of.

[Cifi]

And in Spanish there''s yet another one (but I can't tell how common, where it's used etc):

No ver tres en un burro

https://blogdeespanol.com/2016/01/no-ve ... -un-burro/