Meaning
gas
- fizz; carbonation
- poison gas
In a sentence
Abbiamo finito il gas per cucinare stasera.
We ran out of gas for cooking tonight.
Questa aranciata ha troppo gas, vero?
This orange soda has too much fizz, right?
La cucina va a gas, non a corrente.
The stove runs on gas, not electricity.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| gas | masculine · singular |
| gas | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- For car fuel, gas is common in everyday Italian; benzina is more standard and safer in formal or pan-Italian contexts.
- For fizzy drinks, gas usually appears in expressions like con gas or senza gas, not as a standalone countable noun.
- For household or heating supply, il gas often means natural gas; context usually clarifies it, unlike English gas.