metro
o metro
meter
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How do you say metro in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce metro in Portuguese?
metro is pronounced /u ˈmetɾu/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O metro novo da cidade é muito eficiente e moderno.
The new metro of the city is very efficient and modern.
O metro antigo precisava de reformas urgentes para funcionar melhor.
The old metro needed urgent reforms to work better.
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Why is it masculine?
Metro is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "metrum" (a measure or meter), which is a neuter noun that became masculine when adopted into Portuguese, following the language's tendency to assign neuter Latin nouns to the masculine gender during its evolution from Vulgar Latin.
What is the Portuguese word for meter?
The Portuguese word for meter is o metro — masculine.
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