urbano

urban

adjective oor-BAH-noh Less Common

Origin: From Latin urbanus, from urbs (city).

Usage Note

Urbano inflects for gender: zona urbana, transporte urbano. It contrasts with rural and suburbano. Guardia urbano (or agente urbano) is a municipal police officer in Spain. The English cognate 'urbane' (meaning suave or polished) maps better onto Spanish refinado or sofisticado than onto urbano.

Examples

"El transporte urbano ha mejorado mucho."

Natural Translation

Urban transport has improved a lot.

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