Today's
word is: "metro"
= metre
In
Spanish, “metro”
is a masculine noun of Greek origin, which means metre/
meter
and used as in:
- Tres metros de cuerda (three metres/ meters of rope)
The
word “metro”
is combined with standard prefixes to form units of length. Common
units of length thus formed are:
- SpanishEnglishSymbolLengthmilímetromillimetre/ millimetermm1/1000mcentímetrocentimetre/ centimetercm1/100mdecímetrodecimetre/ decimeterdm1/10mdecámetrodecametre/ decameterdekametre/ dekameterdam/ Dm/ dkm10mhectómetrohectometre/ hectometerhm100mkilómetrokilometre/ kilometerkm1000m
The
word “metro”
is also a shortening of “metropolitano”,
also a masculine noun meaning underground
or subway,
and used as in:
- El metro es cómodo y rápido (the underground/ subway is comfortable and fast)
The describing word/
adjective “métrico”
is a related word which means metric, and is used as in:
- El Sistema Métrico Decimal (the Metric System or International System of Units -SI)
- Cinta métrica (measuring tape)
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “metro”
are:
- Billete de metro (metro/ subway ticket/ fare)
- Boca de(l) metro (metro/ subway entrance)
- Línea de metro (metro/ subway line)
- Metro cuadrado (square metre/ meter)
- Un piso de 90 metros cuadrados (a 90 square metres/ meters flat)
- Precio del metro cuadrado* (price per square metre/ meter)
- Metro cúbico (cubic metre)
- Dos metros cúbicos de agua (two cubic metres/ meters of water)
- Metro lineal (linear metre/ meter)
- Precio por metro lineal (linear metre/ meter price)
Notes
*Commonly
used unit of price/ value of property
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "metro" in the YouTube clip: Café Tacuba - El Metro
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “metro”in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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