cargar gasolina

English translation: fill up the tank / fuel the car / buy petrol

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Spanish term or phrase:cargar gasolina
English translation:fill up the tank / fuel the car / buy petrol
Entered by: Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes

14:29 Sep 8, 2009
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Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Linguistics
Spanish term or phrase: cargar gasolina
Hola, disculpen, cómo se puede traducir apropiadamente la frase:
"Anoche fui a cargar gasolina"
podría considerarse como una opción correcta la frase:
"Last night I went to fuel for my car"?

Gracias :)
Phya
Mexico
Local time: 07:10
fill up the tank / fuel my car / buy petrol
Explanation:
Se me ocurren estas tres (la primera es "llenar el depósito"), pero habrá muchas más y diferentes según países, tanto hispanohablantes como angloparlantes.

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Si es verbo, sí.
Verbo: "fuel my car".
Sustantivo: "buy fuel for muy car" .
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Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
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Summary of answers provided
5fill up my car with petrol/ put petrol in my car
bcsantos
5(I wnt) to get/buy gas
Margarita Gonzalez
5Last night I went to fill my (gas) tank.
Travelin Ann
3 +1fill up the tank / fuel my car / buy petrol
Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
3fill up with petrol/gas >>> put petrol in my car >>> fig: to have a drink
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fill up my car with petrol/ put petrol in my car


Explanation:
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bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 15:10
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
fill up with petrol/gas >>> put petrol in my car >>> fig: to have a drink


Explanation:
Depende del contexto.

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
(I wnt) to get/buy gas


Explanation:
En EE.UU. "petrol" para Inglaterra

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Note added at 6 mins (2009-09-08 14:36:10 GMT)
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perdón por el typo: "went"

Margarita Gonzalez
Local time: 08:10
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fill up the tank / fuel my car / buy petrol


Explanation:
Se me ocurren estas tres (la primera es "llenar el depósito"), pero habrá muchas más y diferentes según países, tanto hispanohablantes como angloparlantes.

How to Figure Gas Mileage | eHow.com
1 Sep 2008 ... Go to a gas station to fill up the tank. Write down the station's name and location if necessary. Step 4. Put your vehicles trip odometer to ...
www.ehow.com/how_2050670_figure-gas-mileage.html - Cached - Similar

[PDF] Finding Happiness in a Gallon of Milk
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
A few blocks from her home I stopped at a gas station to fuel my car. As I began pumping I noticed that the gentleman in the car in front of me was having ...
michaelberringer.com/articles/happiness.pdf - Similar

Outcry as big oil drivers petrol merger > Senator Barnaby Joyce ...
28 May 2009 ... MIKE HARRIS: Like every motorist in the country who queues up at a service station to buy petrol, I remain sceptical about the price that ...
www.barnabyjoyce.com.au/.../Outcry-as-big-oil-drivers-petro... - Cached - Similar

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Note added at 19 mins (2009-09-08 14:48:39 GMT)
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Si es verbo, sí.
Verbo: "fuel my car".
Sustantivo: "buy fuel for muy car" .

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Hola Alejandro, tu respuesta es muy completa, como las anteriores, muchas gracias; sólo tengo una duda, si eligiera la segunda opción como "fuel my car" ¿tendría que eliminar "for" ("fuel for my car")?

Asker: yaaa entendi, ya entendi, disculpame, gracias otra vez


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agree  Ruth Rubina: yes
1 hr
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Last night I went to fill my (gas) tank.


Explanation:
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Travelin Ann
Local time: 09:10
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Native speaker of: English
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