subway

/ˈsʌbweɪ/

noun A2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
subways

Meaning

  1. metro

    • They take the subway to work.

      Toman el metro para ir al trabajo.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

diameter

Spanish "metro" is embedded in "diámetro" (diameter) and also means "subway" — a coincidence, not a real connection: a subway is an underground train, diameter is a measurement across a circle.

Similar in other languages

German

Untergrund

Close — a subway relates to the underground.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa subway?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: They take the ___ to work.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a subway?

noun

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