el
masculine
/ɡas/
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Translation
gas
Word origin
Coined in the early seventeenth century by the Flemish chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont, who based the word on Greek khaos ('chaos, void'). It passed into Spanish and other languages from there.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- khaos
- English cognates
- gas, chaos
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralgases
Examples
.
There is no gas left in the kitchen.
.
The car ran out of gas.
Cierra .
Turn off the gas before you leave.
.
Gas is more expensive this year.
Olía .
It smelled of gas in the room.
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