montacargas

Meaning

1. (UK, masculine) service lift, goods lift, cargo lift; (US) freight elevator, goods elevator, service elevator, cargo elevator (a lift designed to carry heavy goods in a place of business)
2. (Latin-America, masculine) forklift, lift truck, jitney, fork truck (a small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved)

Concepts

elevator

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lift

service lift

hoist

forklift truck

freight elevator

service elevator

bale loaders

lift truck

fork truck

load-lifter

sideloader

stacker-truck

fork lift

fork hoist

high/low

trailer loader

tow-motor

dumbwaiter

load lift

forklift

fork-lift

loaders

unloaders

Synonyms

ascensor

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toro

cargadoras

cargadores hidráulicos

descargadoras

grúa fija

carretilla elevadora

montacarga

elevadora

apilador

carretilla de horquilla

vehículo elevador

elevador de horquilla

carretilla elevadora de horquilla

Translations

Aufzug

montacarichi

Fahrstuhl

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ascensore

ascenseur

lift

elevador

Lift

asansör

ascensor

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ανελκυστήρας

ascensor

monte-charge

chariot élévateur

Hyphenated as

mon‧ta‧car‧gas

Pronounced as (IPA)

/montaˈkaɾɡas/

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of monta (“to lift (originally)”) + cargas (“loads”). Calque of French monte-charge.