carburador

carburador.

1. m. Aparato que sirve para carburar.

2. m. Pieza de los automóviles, donde se efectúa la carburación.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española

2. One that carburets; specif., an apparatus in which air or gas is carbureted, as by passing it through a light
petroleum oil. The carburetor for a gasoline engine is
usually either a {surface carburetor}, or alternatively a
{float carburetor} (called also {float-feed carburetor},
or {spray carburetor}). In the former air is charged by
being passed over the surface of gasoline. In the latter a
fine spray of gasoline is drawn from an atomizing nozzle
by a current of air induced by the suction of the engine
piston, the supply of gasoline being regulated by a float
which actuates a needle valve controlling the outlet of
the feed pipe. Alcohol and other volatile inflammable
liquids may be used instead of gasoline.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English