Translation
petrol, gasoline
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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
Examples
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We have to stop for petrol before we arrive.
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The price of petrol has gone up again.
隆, !
Careful, there is hardly any petrol left in the tank!
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This car uses very little petrol on the motorway.
驴 repostar?
Is there a petrol station nearby to fill up?
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 23, lesson 7: gasolina, miserable, industria and 7 more words.