English-Spanish translations for fuel

• combustible
  Es, francamente, el mejor combustible. It is, frankly, the best fuel.
  Combustible nuclear gastado y residuos radiactivos ( Spent fuel and radioactive waste (
  ¡Importamos el 99 % de nuestros combustibles nucleares! We import 99% of our nuclear fuels!
• carburante
  Necesitamos tomar más medidas, como un impuesto sobre el carburante de aviación. We need more measures; we need aviation fuel tax.
  El carburante se agotará algún día. The fuel will run out one day.
  La propuesta de utilizar el azúcar como carburante está fuera de lugar. The proposal to use sugar as a fuel is beyond the pale.

Definition of fuel

• Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction
• Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food
• To provide with fuel

Examples

• His books were fuel for the revolution
• Money is the fuel for economy.
• That film was nightmare fuel!

Related words

• refuel
• biofuel
• e-fuel
• agrofuel
• fueler
• multifuel
• dual-fuel
• lipofuel
• fuel oil