B1✈️ Travel
Italian word
sottopassaggio
underpass, subway (pedestrian or road tunnel under railway/road)
Looks like
subpassage / underpass
underpass — correct description
⚠️ The trap
In British English 'subway' can mean a pedestrian underpass (not just the underground train). In Italian, the underground train is 'metropolitana' (metro), while an underpass is 'sottopassaggio'. US 'subway' = Italian 'metro / metropolitana'.
To say "underpass — correct description" in Italian:
sottopassaggio pedonale
"sottopassaggio" in English means:
underpass, subway (pedestrian or road tunnel under railway/road)
Example
"Usa il sottopassaggio per attraversare la ferrovia."
"Use the underpass to cross the railway."
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