Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/ɡas/

Line drawing of gas
Coloured illustration of gas
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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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This word is part of lesson 27.