cargar
Meaning
- (transitive) to load (to put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage))
- (transitive) to load (to fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition)
- (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)
- (transitive) to load (to load a software into the primary memory)
- (transitive) to carry (to lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting)
- (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)
- (transitive) to annoy, pester
- to blitz
- (Spain, colloquial, reflexive) to break, ruin
- (colloquial, reflexive) to take down, kill
Concepts
load down
shuffle off
take on a load
take on cargo
carry in one’s arms
weigh down on
send something
shift on
Synonyms
encargarse de
hacer cargar
llevar entre los brazos
subir archivos
enviar una cosa
llevar en espalda
llevar cosas
cargar con los brazos
cargar en brazos
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
car‧gar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaɾˈɡaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus. Compare English charge and French charger. Doublet of carricar.
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