metropolitano

metropolitan

adjective meh-troh-poh-lee-TAH-noh Less Common

Origin: from Greek 'metropolis'

Also means

urban

Usage Note

Metropolitano is the adjective, but its feminine metropolitana doubles as the noun for the underground railway ('the metro'), usually shortened to il metrò. As a four-form adjective it agrees fully: metropolitana, metropolitani, metropolitane. Watch the stress, which falls on the 'ta'.

Examples

"Vivono in un'area metropolitana."

Natural Translation

They live in a metropolitan area.

Literal Translation

They-live in an area metropolitan.

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