il carburante

Today's Parola del giorno is the noun, il carburante, which means:

• fuel

This noun is often used in the plural in Italian, where in English one might find it in the singular, as in the example below from MF Dow Jones (Borsa Italiana):

'Nonostante la crisi provocata dall'aumento del costo dei carburanti, Viviani ha annunciato che la compagnia irlandese punta a "raddoppiare i profitti entro il 2012..."' [Click here to read the full article]

'Despite the crisis provoked by the increase in the cost of fuel, Viviani announced that the Irish company plans to "double profits by 2012..."'