cargar

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to carry
  2. to load (put wares into a vehicle or an animal)
  3. to burden
  4. to lean
  5. (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.

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References

  • “carregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “carreg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “carg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cargar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cargar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “cargar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cargar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈɡaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: car‧gar

Verb

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

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (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 , you're ready to start shooting.
  4. (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.
  5. (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.
  6. (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.
  7. (transitive) to annoy, pester
  8. (American football) to blitz
  9. (reflexive, colloquial, vulgar) to smash, wreak, break, fuck up
    Synonyms: joder, estropear
    ¡Te cargaste la máquina!
    You fucked up my machine!
  10. (reflexive, colloquial) to take down, top, kill

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cargar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cargar
gerund cargando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cargado cargada
plural cargados cargadas
singular plural
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 cargastú
cargásvos 		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 carguestú
carguésvos2 		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 cargatú
cargávos 		cargue carguemos cargad carguen
negative no cargues no cargue no carguemos no carguéis no carguen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú 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
accusative cargarme cargarte cargarlo, cargarla, cargarse cargarnos cargaros cargarlos, cargarlas, cargarse
with gerund cargando
dative cargándome cargándote cargándole, cargándose cargándonos cargándoos cargándoles, cargándose
accusative cargándome cargándote cargándolo, cargándola, cargándose cargándonos cargándoos cargándolos, cargándolas, cargándose
with informal second-person singular tú 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 vos 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
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
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
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
accusative cárguenme not used cárguenlo, cárguenla cárguennos not used cárguenlos, cárguenlas, cárguense

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Further reading

Venetian

Etymology

From Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus.

Verb

cargar

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

Conjugation

  • Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of cargar (first conjugation)
infinitive cargar
auxiliary verb aver gerund cargando
past participle cargà
person singular plural
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 mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present 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
— (te) carga (el/ła) carga, (el/ła) carghe carghémo carghé (i/łe) carga, (i/łe) carghe

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