O Metrô

There are almost 100 stations in the São Paulo subway system (called the Metrô). A ton of them are named for individuals, but just for fun I’ve translated (literally and on occasion purposely obtusely) the names of some of the ones that are not. Almost all of these reflect either the name of the surrounding neighborhood or a landmark nearby. But devoid of that context - and translated word for word - things get a little odd.

Big Car
Brigadier*
Clean Field
Clean Paulista Field
Conception
Consolation
Crag
Deep Dam
English Stop
Health
Help
Liberty
Light
Paradise
Park of the Tree (just one)
Patriarch
Paulista Meadow
Pine Trees
Prudent Village
Round Capon
See
Spring Between Lakes (that’s Spring the season)
Students
Turkeys
Village of Beautiful Things
White Water

I feel compelled to mention the sonority of some of the stations, especially those whose names are influenced by indigenous languages. Perhaps the most beautiful and interesting of these is near the end of the Sapphire line: Itaquaquecetuba.

* obviously named for a brigadier general, but brigadeiro is also the name of a truffle that is very popular in Brazil.