la
feminine
/ɡasoˈlina/
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Translation
petrol, gasoline
Word origin
From gas plus the diminutive suffix -olina. The word gas was coined by the chemist Van Helmont, adapting the Greek khaos ('void, chaos').
- Origin
- coinage
- Root
- gas
- English cognates
- gas, gasoline
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralgasolinas
Examples
.
We have to stop for petrol before we arrive.
.
The price of petrol has gone up again.
¡, !
Careful, there is hardly any petrol left in the tank!
poca .
This car uses very little petrol on the motorway.
¿ repostar?
Is there a petrol station nearby to fill up?
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