gasolina sin plomo
/ɡasolina sin plomo/from spelling rules
In Spanish, unleaded fuel is gasolina sin plomo.
The term refers to petrol that does not contain lead to reduce air pollution. While the English phrase is 'unleaded fuel', the most common way to specify this type of fuel in Spanish-speaking countries is to say gasolina sin plomo.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase gasolina sin plomo is composed of gasolina (gasoline), sin (without) and plomo (lead).
Which one should you use?
If you need to specify leaded fuel instead of unleaded fuel, you replace the word sin (without) with con (with) to get gasolina con plomo.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡasolina sin plomo/
Did you know?
- In some Spanish-speaking countries, people use the word nafta instead of gasolina to refer to fuel.
- The word plomo comes from the Latin 'plumbum', which is also the root of the English word 'plumbing'.
- The word plomo is used for both the metal 'lead' and the 'lead' used in bullets.
Examples in context
- Necesito gasolina sin plomo para mi coche.I need unleaded fuel for my car.
- Esta gasolinera solo vende gasolina sin plomo.This gas station only sells unleaded fuel.
- La gasolina sin plomo es más cara hoy.Unleaded fuel is more expensive today.
Example conversation
Mateo and María are at a gas station.
- MateoMaría, ¿qué tipo de combustible usa el coche?María, what type of fuel does the car use?
- MaríaEste coche solo usa gasolina sin plomo.This car only uses unleaded fuel.
- MateoEstá bien, pediré gasolina sin plomo entonces.All right, I'll ask for unleaded fuel then.
- MaríaGracias, Mateo. Así evitaremos dañar el motor.Thank you, Mateo. That way we will avoid damaging the engine.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries gasolina, plomo, sin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
