montacargas

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See also: monta-cargas

Galician

Etymology

Calque of French monte-charge, from monta (“it lifts”) +‎ cargas (“loads”).

Noun

montacargas m (invariable)

  1. (UK) service lift, goods lift, cargo lift; (US) freight elevator, goods elevator, service elevator, cargo elevator (a lift designed to carry heavy goods in a place of business)

Spanish

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A service lift

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of monta (“to lift (originally)”) +‎ cargas (“loads”). Calque of French monte-charge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /montaˈkaɾɡas/
  • Rhymes: -aɾɡas
  • Syllabification: mon‧ta‧car‧gas

Noun

montacargas m (plural montacargas)

  1. (UK) service lift, goods lift, cargo lift; (US) freight elevator, goods elevator, service elevator, cargo elevator (a lift designed to carry heavy goods in a place of business)
  2. (Latin America) forklift, lift truck, jitney, fork truck (a small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved)
    Synonyms: (Spain) carretilla elevadora, (Chile) grúa horquilla, (Spain, colloquial) toro, (Argentina, Uruguay) mula

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