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English
Etymology
From Spanish descarga.
Noun
descarga (plural descargas)
- (music) A jam session in the tradition of Cuban music
2007 January 12, “Rock/Pop Listings”, in New York Times:Jimmy Bosch is a trombonist who savors the Latin jazz tradition of the descarga, a jam session everyone can dance to.
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese descárrega, deverbal from descarregar.
Pronunciation
Noun
descarga f (plural descargas)
- act of unloading
- Synonym: descarregamento
- (electricity, electronics) discharge
- Synonyms: descargo, desencargo
- (law) release from obligation or encumbrance
- Synonym: quitação
- (military) volley
- canceling of an item or registration
- Synonym: baixo
- (Brazil) flush (automatic cleansing of a toilet)
- Synonym: (Portugal) autoclismo
- (medicine) evacuation, purging
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desˈkaɾɡa/
- Rhymes: -aɾɡa
- Syllabification: des‧car‧ga
Etymology 1
Deverbal from descargar.
Noun
descarga f (plural descargas)
- unloading
- discharge
- electrical shock
- download
- flush (toilet)
- jam session
- volley, fusillade
Antonyms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
descarga
- inflection of descargar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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