gas
Significado (English)
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- (neuter) gas
- (neuter) liquefied petroleum gas
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ɣɑs/
Etymology (English)
Coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae (1648), by way of deliberate similarity to Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, chaos”).
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- (colloquial, intransitive) to hit the gas, to accelerate a motor vehicle
- (colloquial, intransitive) to drive wildly and at high speed
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