carburate

English

Verb

carburate (third-person singular simple present carburates, present participle carburating, simple past and past participle carburated)

1. Alternative form of carburet

   It can be a real challenge to get things to carburate right after something as simple as an exhaust pipe change.

   • 1913, Albert L. Clough, A Dictionary of Automobile Terms:

     One jet is constantly open and exposed to the suction of the incoming air and suffices to furnish the gasoline required properly to carburate the air entering at small and moderate gas demands.

Related terms

• carburation

 

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

carburate

1. inflection of carburare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

carburate f pl

1. feminine plural of carburato

Spanish

Verb

carburate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of carburar combined with te