See also: Carico and caricò

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ri.ko/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ariko
  • Hyphenation: cà‧ri‧co

Etymology 1

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From the short past participle of caricare (to load) in Tuscan; compare the Standard Italian participle caricato.[1]

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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carico (feminine carica, masculine plural carichi, feminine plural cariche)

  1. loaded, laden
    carico di ciboloaded with food
    carico di granoladen with grain
  2. loaded (of a gun, etc.)
    una pistola caricaa loaded pistol
    un fucile caricoa loaded rifle
  3. charged (of a battery, etc.)
    una pila caricaa charged battery
  4. wound up (of a clock, etc.)
    un carico orologioa wound clock
  5. intense (of a colour/color)
    un colore caricoan intense colour/color
    un rosso caricoan intense red
  6. strong (of coffee, tea, etc.)

Noun

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carico m (plural carichi)

  1. load, loading, cargo
    Synonym: caricamento
    carico di lavoroworkload
    il carico di una macchinathe load of a car
    il carico di un aereothe cargo of an aircraft
  2. shipment
    un carico di bananea shipment of bananas
  3. charge (of a battery etc.)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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carico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of caricare

References

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  1. ^ Ledgeway 2016: 221

Further reading

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  • Ledgeway, Adam. 2016. Italian, Tuscan, and Corsican. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 206–227. Oxford: OUP.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Adjective

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caricō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of caricus