gasolinera

/ɡasoliˈneɾa/ · B2 · noun · f

gasoline station

⛽🚗 gasolina (gasoline) + -era (place for it) = gasolinera, the gas place

Spanish gasolina means gasoline. The suffix -era often marks a place or container for something, like heladera for ice cream or pecera for fish. So gasolinera is the place (or can) holding gasoline: a gas station.

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