No. 450 in Portuguese
metros
"Metros" in English means "meters," a unit of length in the metric system.
In a sentence
Eu caminhei cinco metros hoje de manhã.
I walked five meters this morning.
Here, 'metros' is used as a unit of measurement for distance.
A estação de metrô está localizada a cem metros daqui.
The subway station is located one hundred meters from here.
In this case, 'metros' again measures distance, describing the proximity of a location.
O corredor tinha dez metros de comprimento e era iluminado por lâmpadas amarelas.
The hallway was ten meters long and illuminated by yellow lamps.
This usage describes the physical dimension of an object (the hallway) using 'metros' as a unit of length.
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