cargar

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese cargar, from Late Latin carricāre (“load”), from Latin carrus (“car, wagon”), from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaɾˈɣaɾ/ [kaɾˈɣaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: car‧gar

Verb

cargar (first-person singular indicative present cargo, past participle cargáu)

to load
to be loaded
to load a gun
to carry (of a vehicle or container, to be able to carry a certain weigh)
El camión carga muncho.
The truck can carry a lot.
to bear a burden (physical or mental) [with con]
Hubi cargar cola xaqueta tol día porque facía calor.
I had to carry the jacket around all day because it was hot.

Llevo munchos años cargando con estes penes.
I've been bearing this grief for many years.
to take someone else's responsibility or blame
Nun lu cargues, nin.
Don't take his blame, kid.

Cargó los sos crímenes.
He took the blame for his crimes.
to lean, tilt
Synonym: lladiar

La furgoneta carga a la izquierda.
The van is leaning to the right.
(of a beam or other construction element) to transfer the weigh to another element, to rest on [with en]
La viga pequeña carga nesti muriu.
The small beam rests on this wall.
(of an animal) to accumulate fat in a given body part
Esti xatu carga nos cuartos d'atrás.
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
(also pronominal) (of a tree) to bear fruit
Diba tiempu que nun cargaba tanto la cerezal.
The cherry tree hasn't borne fruit in a long time.
(for something) to intensify
La fiebre cargó.
The fever intensified.
(agriculture, of a male animal) to impregnate
to get, acquire a large quantity of something
¡Cargó una de comida pal viaxe!
He got so much food for the journey!
to pour more coffee
Nun me cargues más el café.
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
(of a liquid) to darken, to become darker
to make mad, to anger
Cárgame la xente como él.
People like him make me mad.
to assail, attack [with escontra or contra]
Synonym: acometer
(soccer) to shove, push
El delanteru cargó al defensa.
The striker shoved the back.
to charge (a device)
Cargó la batería'l coche.
He charged the car battery.
to charge (money)
Cargáron-y quinientes pesetes pol embalaxe.
They charged him five hundred pesetas for the packaging.
(colloquial) to fail (eg. an exam)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cargar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		cargar
gerund		cargando
past participle		m cargáu, f cargada, n cargao, m pl cargaos, f pl cargaes
indicative	present	cargo	cargues	carga	cargamos	cargáis	carguen
	imperfect	cargaba	cargabes	cargaba	cargábemos, cargábamos	cargabeis, cargabais	cargaben
	preterite	cargué	cargasti, carguesti	cargó	carguemos	cargastis, carguestis	cargaron
	pluperfect	cargare, cargara	cargares, cargaras	cargare, cargara	cargáremos, cargáramos	cargareis, cargarais	cargaren, cargaran
	future	cargaré	cargarás	cargará	cargaremos	cargaréis	cargarán
	conditional	cargaría	cargaríes	cargaría	cargaríemos, cargaríamos	cargaríeis, cargaríais	cargaríen
subjunctive	present	cargue	cargues, cargas	cargue	carguemos	carguéis	carguen, cargan
subjunctive	imperfect	cargare, cargara	cargares, cargaras	cargare, cargara	cargáremos, cargáramos	cargareis, cargarais	cargaren, cargaran
imperative		—	carga	—	—	cargái	—

Derived terms

References

“cargar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “cargar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

carregar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carregar, cargar, from Late Latin carricāre (“load”, verb), from Latin carrus (“car, wagon”), from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /kaɾˈɡaɾ/ [kɑɾˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
IPA^(key): (gheada) /kaɾˈħaɾ/ [kɑɾˈħɑɾ]

Rhymes: -aɾ
Hyphenation: car‧gar

Verb

cargar (first-person singular present cargo, first-person singular preterite carguei, past participle cargado)

to carry
to load (put wares into a vehicle or an animal)
to burden
to lean
(computing) to load (load a software into the primary memory)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cargar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cargar
Personal	cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargaren
Gerund
	cargando
Past participle
Masculine	cargado			cargados
Feminine	cargada			cargadas
Indicative
Present	cargo	cargas	carga	cargamos	cargades	cargan
Imperfect	cargaba	cargabas	cargaba	cargabamos	cargabades	cargaban
Preterite	carguei	cargaches	cargou	cargamos	cargastes	cargaron
Pluperfect	cargara	cargaras	cargara	cargaramos	cargarades	cargaran
Future	cargarei	cargarás	cargará	cargaremos	cargaredes	cargarán
Conditional	cargaría	cargarías	cargaría	cargariamos	cargariades	cargarían
Subjunctive
Present	cargue	cargues	cargue	carguemos	carguedes	carguen
Imperfect	cargase	cargases	cargase	cargásemos	cargásedes	cargasen
Future	cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargaren
Imperative
Affirmative		carga	cargue	carguemos	cargade	carguen
Negative (non)		non cargues	non cargue	non carguemos	non carguedes	non carguen

Reintegrated conjugation of cargar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cargar
Personal	cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargarem
Gerund
	cargando
Past participle
Masculine	cargado			cargados
Feminine	cargada			cargadas
Indicative
Present	cargo	cargas	carga	cargamos	cargades, cargais	cargam
Imperfect	cargava	cargavas	cargava	cargávamos	cargávades, cargáveis, cargávais¹	cargavam
Preterite	carguei	cargaste, cargache¹	cargou	cargamos	cargastes	cargárom, cargaram
Pluperfect	cargara	cargaras	cargara	cargáramos	cargárades, cargáreis, cargárais¹	cargaram
Future	cargarei	cargarás	cargará	cargaremos	cargaredes, cargareis	cargarám, cargarão
Conditional	cargaria	cargarias	cargaria	cargaríamos	cargaríades, cargaríeis, cargaríais¹	cargariam
Subjunctive
Present	cargue	cargues	cargue	carguemos	carguedes, cargueis	carguem
Imperfect	cargasse	cargasses	cargasse	cargássemos	cargássedes, cargásseis	cargassem
Future	cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargarem
Imperative
Affirmative		carga	cargue	carguemos	cargade, cargai	carguem
Negative (nom)		nom cargues	nom cargue	nom carguemos	nom carguedes, nom cargueis	nom carguem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

Related terms

carga

References

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “carregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cargar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cargar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “cargar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“cargar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
“cargar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cargar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cargar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Verb

cargar

alternative form of carregar

Conjugation

Conjugation of cargar

gerund		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
infinitive				cargar
gerund		simple		cargando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		cargado		cargados
		feminine		cargada		cargadas
present participle				cargante		cargantes
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	cargo	cargas	carga	cargamos	cargades, cargaes, cargais, cargaas, cargás	cargan
	imperfect	cargava	cargavas	cargava	cargavamos, cargávamos	cargavades, cargávades, cargávaes, cargávais, cargávees, cargáveis	cargavan
	preterite	carguei	cargaste, cargasche, cargache	cargou	cargamos	cargastes	cargaron
	pluperfect	cargara	cargaras	cargara	cargaramos, cargáramos	cargarades, cargárades, cargáraes, cargárais, cargárees, cargáreis	cargaran
	future	cargarei	cargarás	cargará	cargaremos	cargaredes, cargarees, cargareis, cargarês	cargarán
	conditional	cargaria	cargarias	cargaria	cargariamos, cargaríamos	cargariades, cargaríades, cargaríaes, cargaríais, cargaríees, cargaríeis	cargarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	cargue	cargues	cargue	carguemos	carguedes, carguees, cargueis, carguês	carguen
	imperfect	cargasse	cargasses	cargasse	cargassemos, cargássemos	cargassedes, cargássedes, cargássees, cargásseis	cargassen
	future	cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	carga	—	carguemos	cargade, cargae, cargai	—
negative		—	non cargues	—	non carguemos	non carguedes, non carguees, non cargueis, non carguês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
personal infinitive		cargar	cargares	cargar	cargarmos	cargardes	cargaren
¹ Haver is more common than tẽer.

References

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cargar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cargar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós

Proto-Celtic *karros

Gaulish *karrosbor.

Latin carrus

Latin -ic-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -icō

Latin carricō

Old Spanish cargar

Spanish cargar

Inherited from Old Spanish cargar, from Late Latin carricāre, derived from Latin carrus. Doublet of carricar. Cognate with English charge and French charger.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaɾˈɡaɾ/ [kaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: car‧gar

Verb

cargar (first-person singular present cargo, first-person singular preterite cargué, past participle cargado)

(transitive) to load (to put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage))
Los estibadores se negaron a cargar el barco.
The dock workers refused to load the ship.
(transitive) to load (to fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition)
Apreté el gatillo, pero no pasó nada. Me había olvidado de cargar el arma.
I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
(transitive) 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)
Ahora que ha cargado la película [en la cámara], está lista para comenzar a filmar/grabar.
Now that you've loaded the film [into the camera], it's ready to start shooting.
(transitive, computing) to load (to load a software into the primary memory)
Al abrir un programa por primera vez, primero tiene que cargar.
When opening a program for first time, it has to load first.

No me carga la página web.
The website doesn't load for me.
(transitive) to carry (to lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting)
La persona que carga el equipaje de los viajeros en estaciones de tren y aeropuertos se llama maletero.
The person who carries travelers' luggage at train stations and airports is called a porter.
(transitive) 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)
Cargué la batería durante la noche.
I charged the battery overnight.

No te olvides de cargar el taladro.
Don't forget to charge the drill.

Cargo mi teléfono todas las noches.
I charge my phone every night.
(transitive) to annoy, pester
(American football) to blitz
(reflexive, colloquial, chiefly Spain) to break, destroy, ruin
Synonyms: romper, estropear, arruinar, fastidiar, joder

No te cargues la fiesta.
Don't ruin the party.
(reflexive, colloquial) to take down, kill

Conjugation

Conjugation of cargar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			cargar
gerund			cargando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cargado		cargada
		plural		cargados		cargadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cargo	cargas^{^tú} cargás^{^vos}	carga	cargamos	cargáis	cargan
	imperfect	cargaba	cargabas	cargaba	cargábamos	cargabais	cargaban
	preterite	cargué	cargaste	cargó	cargamos	cargasteis	cargaron
	future	cargaré	cargarás	cargará	cargaremos	cargaréis	cargarán
	conditional	cargaría	cargarías	cargaría	cargaríamos	cargaríais	cargarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cargue	cargues^{^tú} cargués^{^vos²}	cargue	carguemos	carguéis	carguen
	imperfect (ra)	cargara	cargaras	cargara	cargáramos	cargarais	cargaran
	imperfect (se)	cargase	cargases	cargase	cargásemos	cargaseis	cargasen
	future¹	cargare	cargares	cargare	cargáremos	cargareis	cargaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		carga^{^tú} cargá^{^vos}	cargue	carguemos	cargad	carguen
	negative		no cargues	no cargue	no carguemos	no carguéis	no carguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of cargar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cargar	dative	cargarme	cargarte	cargarle, cargarse	cargarnos	cargaros	cargarles, cargarse
with infinitive cargar	accusative	cargarme	cargarte	cargarlo, cargarla, cargarse	cargarnos	cargaros	cargarlos, cargarlas, cargarse

with gerund cargando	dative	cargándome	cargándote	cargándole, cargándose	cargándonos	cargándoos	cargándoles, cargándose
with gerund cargando	accusative	cargándome	cargándote	cargándolo, cargándola, cargándose	cargándonos	cargándoos	cargándolos, cargándolas, cargándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative carga	dative	cárgame	cárgate	cárgale	cárganos	not used	cárgales
	accusative	cárgame	cárgate	cárgalo, cárgala	cárganos	not used	cárgalos, cárgalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cargá	dative	cargame	cargate	cargale	carganos	not used	cargales
	accusative	cargame	cargate	cargalo, cargala	carganos	not used	cargalos, cargalas

with formal second-person singular imperative cargue	dative	cárgueme	not used	cárguele, cárguese	cárguenos	not used	cárgueles
with formal second-person singular imperative cargue	accusative	cárgueme	not used	cárguelo, cárguela, cárguese	cárguenos	not used	cárguelos, cárguelas

with first-person plural imperative carguemos	dative	not used	carguémoste	carguémosle	carguémonos	carguémoos	carguémosles
with first-person plural imperative carguemos	accusative	not used	carguémoste	carguémoslo, carguémosla	carguémonos	carguémoos	carguémoslos, carguémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative cargad	dative	cargadme	not used	cargadle	cargadnos	cargaos	cargadles
with informal second-person plural imperative cargad	accusative	cargadme	not used	cargadlo, cargadla	cargadnos	cargaos	cargadlos, cargadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative carguen	dative	cárguenme	not used	cárguenle	cárguennos	not used	cárguenles, cárguense
with formal second-person plural imperative carguen	accusative	cárguenme	not used	cárguenlo, cárguenla	cárguennos	not used	cárguenlos, cárguenlas, cárguense

Derived terms

Related terms

Venetan

Etymology

From Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus.

Verb

cargar

(transitive) to load
(transitive) to charge (a battery etc.)

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of cargar (first conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	cargar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		cargando
past participle		cargà
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	cargo	(te) carghi	(el/ła) carga	carghémo, cargòn	carghé	(i/łe) carga
imperfect	cargava	(te) cargavi	(el/ła) cargava	cargàvimo	cargavi	(i/łe) cargava
future	cargarò	(te) cargarè	(el/ła) cargarà	cargarémo	cargarè	(i/łe) cargarà
conditional	cargarìa	(te) cargarisi	(el/ła) cargarìa	cargarìsimo	cargarisi	(i/łe) cargarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	carghe, carga	(te) carghi	(el/ła) carghe, (el/ła) carga	carghémo, cargone	carghé	(i/łe) carghe, (i/łe) carga
imperfect	cargase	(te) cargasi	(el/ła) cargase	cargàsimo	cargasi	(i/łe) cargase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
imperative	—	(te) carga	(el/ła) carga, (el/ła) carghe	carghémo	carghé	(i/łe) carga, (i/łe) carghe

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