carga
See also: cargá
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish carga (“a load, 4 Spanish bushels”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus (“cart”). Doublet of charge and cargo.
Noun edit
carga (plural cargas)
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222 liters.
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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carga f (plural carga's)
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
carga f (plural cargas)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
carga
- inflection of cargar:
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese carga, carrega, a back-formation from carregar (“to carry”) (Modern Portuguese carregar).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: car‧ga
Noun edit
carga f (plural cargas)
- charge (load or burden)
- Synonym: fardo
- cargo
- charge (of a weapon or battery)
- A bateria tem carga suficiente.
- The battery has enough charge.
- electric charge
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Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
carga f (plural cargas)
- load
- burden
- cargo
- charge
- (historical) carga (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 222 L)
- (American football) blitz
Coordinate terms edit
- (unit of dry volume): cuartillo (1⁄192 carga), medio (1⁄96 carga), celemín (1⁄48 carga), cuartilla (1⁄16 carga), cuarto (1⁄8 carga), fanega (1⁄4 carga), saco (1⁄2 carga), cahíz (3 cargas)
Derived terms edit
- a carga cerrada
- a la carga
- animal de carga
- bahía de carga (“cargo bay”) (for trucks)
- bestia de carga
- bodega de carga (“cargo bay”) (for planes and spacecraft)
- buey de carga
- carga a fondo
- carga de aposento
- carga de justicia
- carga de la prueba
- carga de profundidad
- carga eléctrica
- carguero
- indio de carga
- lanzacargas
- llevar la carga
- montacargas
- muelle de carga (“loading dock”)
- navío de carga
- sentarse de carga
- soltar la carga
- tabique de carga
- tren de carga
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Noun edit
carga f (plural cargas)
- female equivalent of cargo
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
carga
- inflection of cargar:
Further reading edit
- “carga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014