neumático

/neuˈmatiko/ · B1 · adj

tyre

🛞 neumático = pneumatic, from Greek pneuma (air): a tyre is full of air

Spanish drops the silent p of English pneumatic, so neu-MÁ-ti-co is the same word. A tyre is a neumático because it is filled with air, from Greek pneuma, meaning air or breath.

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