subway

sub·way  (sbw)

n.

1.

a. An underground urban railroad, usually operated by electricity.

b. A passage for such a railroad.

2. An underground tunnel or passage, as for a water main or for pedestrians.

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subway [ˈsʌbˌweɪ]

n

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Brit an underground passage or tunnel enabling pedestrians to cross a road, railway, etc.

2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) an underground passage or tunnel for traffic, electric power supplies, etc.

3. (Transport / Railways) Chiefly US and Canadian an underground railway

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	subway - 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 railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
	2.	subway - an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway underpass tunnel - a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"

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subway

noun

1. underground, tube (Brit. informal), metro, underground railway I don't ride the subway late at night.

2. underpass, tunnel, underground passage, pedestrian tunnel The majority of us feel worried if we walk through a subway.

Translations

subway [ˈsʌbweɪ]

A. N

1. (= underpass) → paso m subterráneo

2. (US) (Rail) → metro m, subterráneo m (Arg), subte m (Arg)
to go by subway → ir en metro
to ride or take the subway → coger or tomar el metro

B. CPD subway station N (US) → estación f de metro

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subway [ˈsʌbweɪ]

n

(US) → métro m

(British) → passage m souterrain

modif (US) [car, line, station] → de métro subway train
subway train n → métro m
sub-zero [ˌsʌbˈzɪərəʊ] adj [temperatures] → au-dessous de zéro

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subway

n → Unterführung f; (for cars also) → Tunnel m; (esp US Rail) → U-Bahn f

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subway [ˈsʌbˌweɪ] n (Brit) (underpass) → sottopassaggio (Am) (underground) → metropolitana

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subway [ˈsʌbˌweɪ] n (Brit) (underpass) → sottopassaggio (Am) (underground) → metropolitana

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subway

n subway [ˈsabwei]

1 an underground passage eg for pedestrians, under a busy road Cross by the subway. duikweg نَفَق، مَمَر تَحْت الأرْض подлез podchod fodgængertunnel die Unterführung υπόγεια διάβαση paso subterráneo tunnel زيرگذر alikulkutunneli passage souterrain מַעֲבָר תַת קַרקָעִי सुरंगपथ podzemni hodnik, prolaz aluljáró jalan bawah tanah neðanjarðar-/undirgöng sottopassaggio sotterraneo 地下道 지하도 požeminė perėja apakšzemes pāreja laluan bawah tanah voetgangerstunnel undergang przejście podziemne passagem subterrânea pasaj subteran подземный переход podchod podhod podzemni prolaz []tunnel อุโมงค์ใต้ดิน yeraltı geçidi 地下過街橫道 підземний перехід زمین دوز راستہ đường ngầm 地下过街横道

2 an underground railway in a city Go by subway. moltrein قِطار تَحْت الأرْض метро podzemní dráha undergrundsbane; metro die U-Bahn υπόγειος σιδηρόδρομος metro metroo مترو maanalainen métro רַכֶּבֶת תַחתִית अधोमार्ग podzemna željeznica földalatti (vasút) kereta api bawah tanah neðanjarðarlest metropolitana 地下鉄 지하철 metro metro keretapi bawah tanah onderghrondse undergrunnsbane, T-bane metro metropolitano metrou метро podzemná železnica podzemeljska železnica podzemna železnica tunnelbana รถไฟใต้ดิน metro 地鐵 метро, підземна залізниця زمین دوز ریلوے xe điện ngầm 地铁

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subway → نفق podchod undergrundsbane Unterführung υπόγειος σιδηρόδρομος metro alikulkutunneli passage souterrain podzemna željeznica metropolitana 地下道 지하철 ondergrondse fotgjengerundergang przejście podziemne passagem subterrânea para pedestres, passagem subterrânea para peões тоннель tunnelbana รถไฟใต้ดิน altgeçit đường ngầm 地下人行通道