refuel

English

Etymology

re- +‎ fuel

Verb

refuel (third-person singular simple present refuels, present participle (US) refueling or refuelling, simple past and past participle (US) refueled or refuelled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To refill with fuel.

Usage notes

• Refuelled and refuelling are mainly British spellings.

Translations

to refill with fuel

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 補充燃料／补充燃料, 补充燃料 (bǔchōng ránliào)

• French: faire le plein (fr), ravitailler (fr)
• German: tanken (de), auftanken (de)
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• 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)

Noun

refuel (plural refuels)

1. An act or instance of refilling with fuel.

Anagrams

• ferule, fueler