See also: cargá

English

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Etymology

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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.

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carga (plural cargas)

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

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Borrowed from Spanish carga.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑr.ɣaː/
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  • Hyphenation: car‧ga

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carga f (plural carga's)

  1. (nautical) cargo
    Synonyms: bevrachting, lading, last, vracht

Galician

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carga f (plural cargas)

  1. charge
  2. burden, load

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carga

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

Portuguese

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

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  • Hyphenation: car‧ga

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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

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Spanish

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from cargar.

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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
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carga f (plural cargas)

  1. female equivalent of cargo

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Verb

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carga

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

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