carregar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus (a car, wagon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.rəˈɣa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ka.reˈɣaɾ]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Verb

carregar (first-person singular present carrego, first-person singular preterite carreguí, past participle carregat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. to load
  2. to charge (a battery)
  3. (castells) to completely construct a castell (speaking of a castell either before it has been dismantled, or when it has fallen rather than being successfully dismantled)
    Coordinate terms: descarregar, intent, intent desmuntat

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Late Latin carricō, from Latin carrus + -ico.

    Verb

    carregar

    1. to load (to put a load on or in)

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Fala: cargal, calgal (Lagarteiru)
    • Galician: carregar, cargar
    • Portuguese: carregar

    References

    Portuguese

    Etymology

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese carregar, from Late Latin carricāre (to load), from Latin carrus (a car, wagon), from Gaulish.

      Pronunciation

       
      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ʁeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ka.heˈɡa(h)]
        • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ka.ʁeˈɡa(ɾ)/ [ka.heˈɡa(ɾ)]
        • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.ʁeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ka.χeˈɡa(χ)]
        • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ʁeˈɡa(ɻ)/ [ka.heˈɡa(ɻ)]
       
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ʁɨˈɡaɾ/ [kɐ.ʁɨˈɣaɾ]
        • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ʁɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [kɐ.ʁɨˈɣa.ɾi]

      Verb

      carregar (first-person singular present carrego, first-person singular preterite carreguei, past participle carregado)

      1. to carry
        Synonym: transportar
      2. to load (put wares into a vehicle)
      3. (Portugal, computing) to load (load a software into the primary memory)
      4. (Portugal, computing) to upload
        Synonyms: fazer upload, (Brazil) subir
        Antonyms: descarregar, fazer download
      5. (electronics) to charge (load equipment with material required for its use)

      Conjugation

      Quotations

      For quotations using this term, see Citations:carregar.

      Derived terms