Italian English Dictionary

italiano - English

la metropolitana in English:

1. underground underground


Those stairs will bring you to the underground where the station is.
Tom stood on the platform in Westminster Underground Station.
I hate underground.
Today the underground was closed and the traffic was awful.
Tom slept peacefully as the underground train rattled on its way.
In the underground, to double-cross any member means sure death.
London is such a large city that visitors must use buses and the underground railway to get about.
In the London underground there is a warning to "mind the gap" when boarding the train.
I'd defeated the four sub-bosses and got through the damn long underground labyrinth.
In Britain they call the subway the underground.
When I was in Nurnberg I went by underground.
In London, most people travel by underground, which is called the Tube.
Baker Street underground station is at the junction of Baker Street and Marylebone Road.
I go to work by the underground. Miners work under the ground
If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground.

English word "la metropolitana"(underground) occurs in sets:

1000 most important Italian nouns 801 - 850
1000 most important Italian nouns 801 - 850

2. subway subway


They took the subway.
Do you go by bus, by train, or by subway?
If you always travel by subway, you seldom surface other than at your stop.
Subway fares will be raised as of April 1st, 1999.
The only one who enjoys a crowded subway car is a pickpocket.
What subway goes to the center of town?
In London, the police are always worried about finding a bomb on the train or subway.
The new subway enables me to get to school in 20 minutes.
Whenever I get on the subway, I put my wallet in my front pocket.
The subway is faster than the streetcar.
The subway in London is known as "the Tube."
The subway line is going to be extended out this way.
In Britain they call the subway the underground.
She is in a temper, because she missed her usual train in the subway and had to walk to work.
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'" metro, subway system, underground, tube

English word "la metropolitana"(subway) occurs in sets:

Means of transport - I mezzi di trasporto