Sprit

Significado (Inglés)

1. (informal, masculine, no-plural, strong) petrol, gas (gasoline)
2. (colloquial, masculine, no-plural, slang, strong) brandy, spirits, or (loosely) booze, any alcoholic drink

Conceptos

alcohol

bebida espirituosa

Sinónimos

Alkohol

Treibstoff

Schnaps

Benzin

Kraftstoff

Fusel

Feuerwasser

Brennstoff

Otto-Kraftstoff

Sterbehilfe

alkoholisches Getränk

Branntwein

Spritus

Alk

Weingeist

Energieträger

Zielwasser

Hochprozentiges

Traducciones

spirit

álcool

spirito

spirits

benzin

yakıt

spiritueux

alcool

alcohol

alcool

strong drink

gas

petrol

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʃpʁɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

19th century, short for Spiritus, probably of dialectal origin, though some assume influence by French esprit. Ultimately from Latin spiritus (“spirit”). The original meaning is “brandy”, later extended to petrol, perhaps from the idea of a “potent liquid”. This sense is now predominant and also widely used in media parlance, such that contemporary speakers may actually think it the original one.