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English
Etymology
From re- + fuel.
Pronunciation
- (verb)
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːfjuːəl/, /ˈɹiːfjuːl/
Verb
refuel (third-person singular simple present refuels, present participle (US) refueling or refuelling, simple past and past participle (US) refueled or refuelled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To refill with fuel.
Usage notes
- Refuelled and refuelling are mainly British spellings.
Derived terms
Translations
to refill with fuel
- Bulgarian: зареждам с гориво (zareždam s gorivo)
- Catalan: fer benzina
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 補充燃料／补充燃料 (bǔchōng ránliào), 加油 (zh) (jiāyóu)
- Dutch: bijtanken (nl)
- Finnish: tankata (fi)
- French: faire le plein (fr), ravitailler (fr)
- German: tanken (de), auftanken (de)
- Hungarian: (transitively) feltankol (hu), megtankol (hu), (intransitively) tankol (hu), (esp. of an aircraft) üzemanyagot vesz fel
- Japanese: 給油する (きゅうゆする; kyūyu suru)
- Russian: (transitive) дозаправля́ть (ru) impf (dozapravljátʹ), дозапра́вить (ru) pf (dozaprávitʹ), (intransitive) дозаправля́ться (ru) impf (dozapravljátʹsja), дозапра́виться (ru) pf (dozaprávitʹsja) (forms without "до-" prefix mean "to FILL with fuel")
- Spanish: repostar (es), llenar el tanque
- Swedish: tanka (sv)
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Noun
refuel (plural refuels)
- An act or instance of refilling with fuel.
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