metropolitan

metropolitano

Relacionado con una gran ciudad y la zona que la rodea.

En inglés sencillo: Relating to a large city and the surrounding area.

• They live in a metropolitan area.
• The metropolitan region has excellent public transport.
• Housing costs are rising across the metropolitan districts.

Sinónimos: urban

Antónimos: rural

Expresiones frecuentes: metropolitan area, metropolitan region, metropolitan population

metropolitano

Relacionado con el territorio principal de un país, excluyendo sus colonias o territorios de ultramar.

En inglés sencillo: Relating to a country’s main territory rather than its colonies or overseas areas.

• The law applies in metropolitan France.
• Goods were sent from the colony to metropolitan ports.
• The metropolitan government controlled trade with its overseas territories.

Expresiones frecuentes: metropolitan France, metropolitan territory, metropolitan government

metropolitano

Relacionado con la iglesia de un obispo superior o con el territorio bajo su autoridad.

En inglés sencillo: Relating to a senior bishop’s church or the area under that bishop’s authority.

• The service took place in the metropolitan cathedral.
• The bishops discussed matters affecting the metropolitan province.
• He held authority over the metropolitan see.

Expresiones frecuentes: metropolitan see, metropolitan cathedral, metropolitan province

metropolitano

Obispo de alto rango responsable de otros obispos de una región.

En inglés sencillo: A senior Christian religious leader responsible for other bishops in an area.

• The metropolitan visited the church.
• A new metropolitan was appointed last year.
• The bishops met with their metropolitan.

Cómo se usa: metropolitan of somewhere (He became metropolitan of the province.)

Sinónimos: archbishop

Expresiones frecuentes: metropolitan of something, orthodox metropolitan, new metropolitan

habitante de una metrópoli

Persona que vive en una ciudad muy grande.

En inglés sencillo: A person who lives in a very large city.

• She was a metropolitan by birth.
• These metropolitans rarely visited the countryside.
• The exhibition attracted fashionable metropolitans from the capital.

Sinónimos: city dweller

Expresiones frecuentes: wealthy metropolitan, young metropolitan, fashionable metropolitan