A2🔤 Letters O & P
Italian word
petrolio
crude oil, petroleum
Looks like
petrol
gasoline / fuel for cars (British English)
⚠️ The trap
In Italian 'petrolio' is crude oil (the raw commodity drilled from the earth). The fuel you put in your car is 'benzina'. Saying 'ho fatto il pieno di petrolio' sounds very strange — you'd fill up with 'benzina' or 'diesel'.
To say "gasoline / fuel for cars (British English)" in Italian:
benzina (petrol/gasoline for cars)
"petrolio" in English means:
crude oil, petroleum
Example
"Il prezzo del petrolio è salito ancora."
"The price of oil has gone up again."
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