carga

See also: cargá

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑr.ɣaː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: car‧ga

Noun

carga f (plural carga's)

1. (nautical) cargo

   Synonyms: bevrachting, lading, last, vracht

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Galician

Noun

carga f (plural cargas)

1. charge
2. burden, load

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carga, carrega, a back-formation from carregar (“to carry”) (Modern Portuguese carregar).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɻ.ɡa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.ɣɐ/
• Hyphenation: car‧ga

Noun

carga f (plural cargas)

1. charge (load or burden)

   Synonym: fardo

2. cargo
3. charge (of a weapon or battery)

   A bateria tem carga suficiente.

   The battery has enough charge.

4. electric charge

Derived terms

• carga-elétrica, carga-horária, carga-útil
• monta-cargas

Further reading

• “carga” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From the verb cargar.

Noun

carga f (plural cargas)

1. load
2. burden
3. cargo
4. charge
5. (American football) blitz

Derived terms

• a la carga
• animal de carga
• carguero
• bestia de carga
• bahía de carga (“cargo bay”) (for trucks)
• bodega de carga (“cargo bay”) (for planes and spacecrafts)
• carga eléctrica
• lanzacargas
• montacargas
• muelle de carga (“loading dock”)

Related terms

• cargable
• cargador
• cargar
• cargo
• descargar
• encargar
• recargar
• sobrecarga
• sobrecargar

 

Verb

carga

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cargar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cargar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cargar.