metrô

This is the 1943rd most frequent Portuguese word.

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metrô

Subway or metro (underground urban train system).


Here, 'metrô' is used as a noun referring to the means of transportation, the subway or underground.

Eu pego o metrô para ir ao trabalho todos os dias.

I take the subway to go to work every day.


In this sentence, 'metrô' is again a noun but emphasizes the condition of the subway system at a particular time.

O metrô estava lotado hoje de manhã.

The subway was crowded this morning.


Here 'de metrô' is a phrase using 'metrô' and indicates a preference for the mode of transportation.

Você prefere viajar de ônibus ou de metrô?

Do you prefer traveling by bus or by subway?