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cargar.

to load (to put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage))

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/kaɾˈɡaɾ/[kaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
  1. to load (to put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage))

    transitive
    Los estibadores se negaron a cargar el barco.
  2. to load (to fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition)

    transitive
    Apreté el gatillo, pero no pasó nada. Me había olvidado de cargar el arma.
  3. to load (to insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc)

    transitive
    Ahora que ha cargado la película [en la cámara], está lista para comenzar a filmar/grabar.
  4. to load (to load a software into the primary memory)

    transitive
    Al abrir un programa por primera vez, primero tiene que cargar.
    No me carga la página web.
  5. to carry (to lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting)

    transitive
    La persona que carga el equipaje de los viajeros en estaciones de tren y aeropuertos se llama maletero.
  6. to charge (to replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet)

    transitive
    Cargué la batería durante la noche.
    No te olvides de cargar el taladro.
  7. to annoy, pester

    transitive
  8. to blitz

  9. to break, destroy, ruin

    Spain · colloquial · reflexive
    No te cargues la fiesta.
  10. to take down, kill

    colloquial · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus. Compare English charge and French charger. Doublet of carricar.

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