subte
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Spanish
Etymology
Shortened form of subterráneo (“underground”).
Pronunciation
Noun
subte m (plural subtes)
- (Argentina) metro, subway, underground (underground railway, especially the Buenos Aires Underground)
- Synonym: metro
- 2019 May 9, María Belén Etchenique, “Radiografía del subte: una red que crece a paso lento pero suma 200 pasajeros por día”, in El Clarín (Argentina):
- El subte de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires es el primero en Latinoámerica y uno de los más cortos de la región.
- The metro of the City of Buenos Aires is the first in Latin America and one of the shortest in the region.
Further reading
- “subte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014