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gas1

/ɡæs/

Translation

n [u]
gas
Calor gas®
gas butano
Oxygen is a gas
El oxígeno es un gas
US (UK petrol)
forma abreviada de gasoline (gasolina)
US (UK wind) (en el estómago)
gases
flatulencias
to be a gas
ser divertido,da
The party was a real gas
La fiesta fue realmente divertida
Véase tb: greenhouse gas
(Definition of gas n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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