metroviário
Portuguese, noun/ˌmɛ.tɾo.viˈa.ɾju/
metroviário is spelled M-E-T-R-O-V-I-Á-R-I-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metroviário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “employee of a metro (rapid transit system) organization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “profissional que trabalha na operação, manutenção ou administração de sistemas de transporte metroviário…”.
What does metroviário mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilof or relating to the metro (rapid transit system)
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineemployee of a metro (rapid transit system) organization
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao metrô ou ao sistema de transporte urbano subterrâneo 2. pertencente à infraestrutura, logística ou serviço de transporte por metrô
noun: 1. profissional que trabalha na operação, manutenção ou administração de sistemas de transporte metroviário, como metrôs e monotrilhos 2. funcionário vinculado a empresas públicas ou privadas que operam redes de metrô
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of metroviário
- metroviária feminine
- metroviários masculine plural
- metroviárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metroviário?
- Brazil /ˌmɛ.tɾo.viˈa.ɾju/
- Brazil /ˌmɛ.tɾoˈvja.ɾju/
- Portugal /ˌmɛ.tɾɔˈvja.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is metroviário in Portuguese?
metroviário appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).