cargar

Galician

Alternative forms

• carregar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carregar, cargar, from Late Latin carricāre (“load”, verb), from Latin carrus (“car, wagon”), from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈɡaɾ/ [kɑɾˈɣ̞ɑɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kaɾˈɡaɾ/ [kɑɾˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /kaɾˈħaɾ/ [kɑɾˈħɑɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: car‧gar

Verb

cargar (first-person singular present cargo, first-person singular preterite carguei, past participle cargado)

1. to carry
2. to load (put wares into a vehicle or an animal)
3. to burden
4. to lean
5. (computing) to load (load a software into the primary memory)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cargar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cargar
Personal	cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargaren
Gerund
	cargando
Past participle
Masculine	cargado			cargados
Feminine	cargada			cargadas
Indicative
Present	cargo	cargas	carga	cargamos	cargades	cargan
Imperfect	cargaba	cargabas	cargaba	cargabamos	cargabades	cargaban
Preterite	carguei	cargaches	cargou	cargamos	cargastes	cargaron
Pluperfect	cargara	cargaras	cargara	cargaramos	cargarades	cargaran
Future	cargarei	cargarás	cargará	cargaremos	cargaredes	cargarán
Conditional	cargaría	cargarías	cargaría	cargariamos	cargariades	cargarían
Subjunctive
Present	cargue	cargues	cargue	carguemos	carguedes	carguen
Imperfect	cargase	cargases	cargase	cargásemos	cargásedes	cargasen
Future	cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargaren
Imperative
Affirmative		carga	cargue	carguemos	cargade	carguen
Negative (non)		non cargues	non cargue	non carguemos	non carguedes	non carguen

    Reintegrated conjugation of cargar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cargar
Personal	cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargarem
Gerund
	cargando
Past participle
Masculine	cargado			cargados
Feminine	cargada			cargadas
Indicative
Present	cargo	cargas	carga	cargamos	cargades, cargais	cargam
Imperfect	cargava	cargavas	cargava	cargávamos	cargávades, cargáveis, cargávais1	cargavam
Preterite	carguei	cargaste, cargache1	cargou	cargamos	cargastes	cargárom, cargaram
Pluperfect	cargara	cargaras	cargara	cargáramos	cargárades, cargáreis, cargárais1	cargaram
Future	cargarei	cargarás	cargará	cargaremos	cargaredes, cargareis	cargarám, cargarão
Conditional	cargaria	cargarias	cargaria	cargaríamos	cargaríades, cargaríeis, cargaríais1	cargariam
Subjunctive
Present	cargue	cargues	cargue	carguemos	carguedes, cargueis	carguem
Imperfect	cargasse	cargasses	cargasse	cargássemos	cargássedes, cargásseis	cargassem
Future	cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargarem
Imperative
Affirmative		carga	cargue	carguemos	cargade, cargai	carguem
Negative (nom)		nom cargues	nom cargue	nom carguemos	nom carguedes, nom cargueis	nom carguem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• cargadoiro
• cargamento
• descargar

Related terms

• carga

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “carregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cargar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cargar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cargar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cargar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “cargar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cargar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cargar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Verb

cargar

1. alternative form of carregar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cargar

infinitive				cargar
gerund		simple		cargando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		cargado		cargados
		feminine		cargada		cargadas
present participle				cargante		cargantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	cargo	cargas	carga	cargamos	cargades, cargaes, cargais, cargaas, cargás	cargan
	imperfect	cargava	cargavas	cargava	cargavamos, cargávamos	cargavades, cargávades, cargávaes, cargávais, cargávees, cargáveis	cargavan
	preterite	carguei	cargaste, cargasche, cargache	cargou	cargamos	cargastes	cargaron
	pluperfect	cargara	cargaras	cargara	cargaramos, cargáramos	cargarades, cargárades, cargáraes, cargárais, cargárees, cargáreis	cargaran
	future	cargarei	cargarás	cargará	cargaremos	cargaredes, cargarees, cargareis, cargarês	cargarán
	conditional	cargaria	cargarias	cargaria	cargariamos, cargaríamos	cargariades, cargaríades, cargaríaes, cargaríais, cargaríees, cargaríeis	cargarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	cargue	cargues	cargue	carguemos	carguedes, carguees, cargueis, carguês	carguen
	imperfect	cargasse	cargasses	cargasse	cargassemos, cargássemos	cargassedes, cargássedes, cargássees, cargásseis	cargassen
	future	cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	carga	—	carguemos	cargade, cargae, cargai	—
negative		—	non cargues	—	non carguemos	non carguedes, non carguees, non cargueis, non carguês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargaren
1 Haver is more common than tẽer.

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cargar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cargar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus. Compare English charge and French charger. Doublet of carricar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈɡaɾ/ [kaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: car‧gar

Verb

cargar (first-person singular present cargo, first-person singular preterite cargué, past participle cargado)

1. (transitive) to load (to put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage))

   Los estibadores se negaron a cargar el barco.

   The dock workers refused to load the ship.

2. (transitive) to load (to fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition)

   Apreté el gatillo, pero no pasó nada. Me había olvidado de cargar el arma.

   I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.

3. (transitive) to load (to insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc)

   Ahora que ha cargado la película [en la cámara], está lista para comenzar a filmar/grabar.

   Now that you've loaded the film [into the camera], it's ready to start shooting.

4. (transitive, computing) to load (to load a software into the primary memory)

   Al abrir un programa por primera vez, primero tiene que cargar.

   When opening a program for first time, it has to load first.

   No me carga la página web.

   The website doesn't load for me.

5. (transitive) to carry (to lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting)

   La persona que carga el equipaje de los viajeros en estaciones de tren y aeropuertos se llama maletero.

   The person who carries travelers' luggage at train stations and airports is called a porter.

6. (transitive) to charge (to replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet)

   Cargué la batería durante la noche.

   I charged the battery overnight.

   No te olvides de cargar el taladro.

   Don't forget to charge the drill.

   Cargo mi teléfono todas las noches.

   I charge my phone every night.

7. (transitive) to annoy, pester
8. (American football) to blitz
9. (reflexive, colloquial, chiefly Spain) to break, destroy, ruin

   Synonyms: romper, estropear, arruinar, fastidiar, joder

   No te cargues la fiesta.

   Don't ruin the party.

10. (reflexive, colloquial) to take down, kill

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cargar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cargar
gerund			cargando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cargado		cargada
		plural		cargados		cargadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cargo	cargastú cargásvos	carga	cargamos	cargáis	cargan
	imperfect	cargaba	cargabas	cargaba	cargábamos	cargabais	cargaban
	preterite	cargué	cargaste	cargó	cargamos	cargasteis	cargaron
	future	cargaré	cargarás	cargará	cargaremos	cargaréis	cargarán
	conditional	cargaría	cargarías	cargaría	cargaríamos	cargaríais	cargarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cargue	carguestú carguésvos2	cargue	carguemos	carguéis	carguen
	imperfect (ra)	cargara	cargaras	cargara	cargáramos	cargarais	cargaran
	imperfect (se)	cargase	cargases	cargase	cargásemos	cargaseis	cargasen
	future1	cargare	cargares	cargare	cargáremos	cargareis	cargaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cargatú cargávos	cargue	carguemos	cargad	carguen
	negative		no cargues	no cargue	no carguemos	no carguéis	no carguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cargar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cargar	dative	cargarme	cargarte	cargarle, cargarse	cargarnos	cargaros	cargarles, cargarse
	accusative	cargarme	cargarte	cargarlo, cargarla, cargarse	cargarnos	cargaros	cargarlos, cargarlas, cargarse
with gerund cargando	dative	cargándome	cargándote	cargándole, cargándose	cargándonos	cargándoos	cargándoles, cargándose
	accusative	cargándome	cargándote	cargándolo, cargándola, cargándose	cargándonos	cargándoos	cargándolos, cargándolas, cargándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative carga	dative	cárgame	cárgate	cárgale	cárganos	not used	cárgales
	accusative	cárgame	cárgate	cárgalo, cárgala	cárganos	not used	cárgalos, cárgalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cargá	dative	cargame	cargate	cargale	carganos	not used	cargales
	accusative	cargame	cargate	cargalo, cargala	carganos	not used	cargalos, cargalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cargue	dative	cárgueme	not used	cárguele, cárguese	cárguenos	not used	cárgueles
	accusative	cárgueme	not used	cárguelo, cárguela, cárguese	cárguenos	not used	cárguelos, cárguelas
with first-person plural imperative carguemos	dative	not used	carguémoste	carguémosle	carguémonos	carguémoos	carguémosles
	accusative	not used	carguémoste	carguémoslo, carguémosla	carguémonos	carguémoos	carguémoslos, carguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cargad	dative	cargadme	not used	cargadle	cargadnos	cargaos	cargadles
	accusative	cargadme	not used	cargadlo, cargadla	cargadnos	cargaos	cargadlos, cargadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative carguen	dative	cárguenme	not used	cárguenle	cárguennos	not used	cárguenles, cárguense
	accusative	cárguenme	not used	cárguenlo, cárguenla	cárguennos	not used	cárguenlos, cárguenlas, cárguense

Derived terms

• carga
• cargabates
• cargable
• cargadero
• cargado
• cargador
• cargamento
• cargante
• cargar el muerto
• cargársela
• cargue
• carguero
• encargar
• recargar
• sobrecargar

Related terms

• carro
• descargar

Further reading

• “cargar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Venetan

Etymology

From Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus.

Verb

cargar

1. (transitive) to load
2. (transitive) to charge (a battery etc.)

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of cargar (first conjugation)

infinitive	cargar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		cargando
past participle		cargà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	cargo	(te) carghi	(el/ła) carga	carghémo, cargòn	carghé	(i/łe) carga
imperfect	cargava	(te) cargavi	(el/ła) cargava	cargàvimo	cargavi	(i/łe) cargava
future	cargarò	(te) cargarè	(el/ła) cargarà	cargarémo	cargarè	(i/łe) cargarà
conditional	cargarìa	(te) cargarisi	(el/ła) cargarìa	cargarìsimo	cargarisi	(i/łe) cargarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	carghe, carga	(te) carghi	(el/ła) carghe, (el/ła) carga	carghémo, cargone	carghé	(i/łe) carghe, (i/łe) carga
imperfect	cargase	(te) cargasi	(el/ła) cargase	cargàsimo	cargasi	(i/łe) cargase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) carga	(el/ła) carga, (el/ła) carghe	carghémo	carghé	(i/łe) carga, (i/łe) carghe

Related terms

• cargadura
• car