Na estrada (a gasolina, depressa)

Filling Up

A gasolina is petrol; meter is the EP verb for putting it in: meter gasolina. Encher is to fill — encher o depósito, or a glass, or a bag.

I need to get petrol.
Preciso de meter gasolina.

The Car's Parts and Places

A roda is the wheel; o estacionamento is the car park (and the act of parking). Procuro estacionamento is half of Portuguese city life.

Fast and Slow

depressa is the everyday quickly — the partner of devagar: Vem depressa! It is an adverb of the street, where rapidamente is the adverb of the page.

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