carga

See also: cargá

English

Etymology

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

carga (plural cargas)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222 L.

Coordinate terms

• (unit of dry volume): cuartillo (1/192 carga), medio (1/96 carga), celemin (1/48 carga), cuartilla (1/16 carga), cuarto (⅛ carga), fanega (¼ carga), saco (½ carga), cahiz (3 cargas)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑr.ɣaː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: car‧ga

Noun

carga f (plural carga's)

1. (nautical) cargo

   Synonyms: bevrachting, lading, last, vracht

Galician

Noun

carga f (plural cargas)

1. charge
2. burden, load

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carga, carrega, a back-formation from carregar (“to carry”) (Modern Portuguese carregar).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.ɡɐ/ [ˈkaɦ.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.ɡɐ/ [ˈkaɦ.ɡɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɻ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/ [ˈkaɾ.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: car‧ga

Noun

carga f (plural cargas)

1. charge (load or burden)

   Synonym: fardo

2. cargo
3. charge (of a weapon or battery)

   A bateria tem carga suficiente.

   The battery has enough charge.

4. electric charge

Derived terms

• carga-elétrica, carga-horária, carga-útil
• monta-cargas

Further reading

• “carga” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From the verb cargar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾɡa/ [ˈkaɾ.ɣ̞a]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾɡa
• Syllabification: car‧ga

Noun

carga f (plural cargas)

1. load
2. burden
3. cargo
4. charge
5. (historical) carga, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 222 L
6. (American football) blitz

Coordinate terms

• (unit of dry volume): cuartillo (1/192 carga), medio (1/96 carga), celemín (1/48 carga), cuartilla (1/16 carga), cuarto (⅛ carga), fanega (¼ carga), saco (½ carga), cahíz (3 cargas)

Derived terms

• a la carga
• animal de carga
• bestia de carga
• bahía de carga (“cargo bay”) (for trucks)
• bodega de carga (“cargo bay”) (for planes and spacecrafts)
• carga de la prueba
• carga eléctrica
• carguero
• lanzacargas
• carguero
• montacargas
• muelle de carga (“loading dock”)

Related terms

• cargable
• cargador
• cargar
• cargo
• descargar
• encargar
• recargar
• sobrecarga
• sobrecargar

 

Noun

carga f (plural cargas)

1. female equivalent of cargo

Verb

carga

1. inflection of cargar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “carga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014