carguero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish carga

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish carguero

From carga + -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈɡeɾo/ [kaɾˈɣ̞e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: car‧gue‧ro

Noun

carguero m (plural cargueros)

1. freighter, cargo ship, carrier, supply ship

Further reading

• “carguero”, 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