montacargas
See also: monta-cargas
Galician edit
Etymology edit
A semantic calque of French monte-charge, from monta (“it lifts”) + cargas (“loads”).
Noun edit
montacargas m (invariable)
- (UK) 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)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of monta (“to lift (originally)”) + cargas (“loads”). Calque of French monte-charge.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
montacargas m (plural montacargas)
- (UK) 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)
- (Latin America) 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)
- Synonyms: (Spain) carretilla elevadora, (Chile) grúa horquilla, (Spain, colloquial) toro, (Argentina, Uruguay) mula
Further reading edit
- “montacargas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014