Moroccan Darija for “metro, subway”
/met-ro/
مترو
Khdit lmetro f Bariz.
I took the metro in Paris.
Say metro (مترو) for “metro, subway” in Moroccan Darija. The pronunciation guide is /met-ro/. It is a noun. In a natural conversation, you can say “Khdit lmetro f Bariz.”, meaning “I took the metro in Paris.” The French equivalent is métro.
Ghadin nmshi lmetro m3a s7abi.
غادين نمشي للمترو مع صحابي.
I'm going to the metro with my friends. · Je vais prendre le métro avec mes amis.
Lmetro kan mz7um bzzaf lyoum.
المترو كان مزحوم بزاف اليوم.
The metro was very crowded today. · Le métro était très bondé aujourd'hui.
F Casablanca, ma kaynsh lmetro.
في كازابلانكا، ما كاينش المترو.
In Casablanca, there is no metro. · À Casablanca, il n'y a pas de métro.
The word 'metro' is commonly used in everyday Moroccan Darija to refer to subway systems, especially when discussing travel in cities that have them, like Paris. It is used in a neutral register and often appears in conversations about transportation. There are no notable regional variants of this word in Morocco.
| English | metro, subway |
|---|---|
| French | métro |
| Spanish | metro |
| Italian | metropolitana |
| German | U-Bahn |
| Portuguese | metrô |
| Dutch | metro |
| Turkish | metro |
metro (مترو) is a Moroccan Darija word or expression meaning "metro, subway" in English and "métro" in French. It is a intermediate-level word in the transportation category.
A natural example is “Khdit lmetro f Bariz.” It means “I took the metro in Paris.”
Metro is pronounced /met-ro/. You can listen to the audio pronunciation by clicking the "Listen" button above.
In Arabic script it is written مترو.
The word 'metro' is commonly used in everyday Moroccan Darija to refer to subway systems, especially when discussing travel in cities that have them, like Paris. It is used in a neutral register and often appears in conversations about transportation. There are no notable regional variants of this word in Morocco.