# carga
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish carga (“a load, 4 Spanish bushels”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus (“cart”). Doublet of charge and cargo.

### Noun

carga (plural cargas)
* (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222 liters.

#### Coordinate terms

* (unit of dry volume): cuartillo ($^1$⁄$_{192}$ carga), medio ($^1$⁄$_{96}$ carga), celemin ($^1$⁄$_{48}$ carga), cuartilla ($^1$⁄$_{16}$ carga), cuarto ($^1$⁄$_8$ carga), fanega ($^1$⁄$_4$ carga), saco ($^1$⁄$_2$ carga), cahiz (3 cargas)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑr.ɣaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: car‧ga

### Noun

carga f (plural carga's)
* (nautical) cargo
    Synonyms: bevrachting, lading, last, vracht

## Galician
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

carga f (plural cargas)
* charge
* burden, load

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

carga
* inflection of cargar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carga, carrega, a back-formation from carregar (“to carry”) (Modern Portuguese carregar).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaʁ.ɡɐ/ [ˈkaɦ.ɡɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaʁ.ɡɐ/ [ˈkaɦ.ɡɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkaʁ.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaɻ.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/ [ˈkaɾ.ɣɐ]
* Hyphenation: car‧ga

### Noun

carga f (plural cargas)
* charge (load or burden)
    Synonym: fardo
* cargo
* charge (of a weapon or battery)
    A bateria tem carga suficiente.The battery has enough charge.
* electric charge

#### Derived terms

* carga-elétrica, carga-horária, carga-útil
* monta-cargas

### Further reading

* “carga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaɾɡa/ [ˈkaɾ.ɣ̞a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾɡa
* Syllabification: car‧ga

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from cargar.

#### Noun

carga f (plural cargas)
* load
* burden
* cargo
* charge
* (historical) carga (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 222 L)
* (American football) blitz

##### Coordinate terms

* (unit of dry volume): cuartillo ($^1$⁄$_{192}$ carga), medio ($^1$⁄$_{96}$ carga), celemín ($^1$⁄$_{48}$ carga), cuartilla ($^1$⁄$_{16}$ carga), cuarto ($^1$⁄$_8$ carga), fanega ($^1$⁄$_4$ carga), saco ($^1$⁄$_2$ carga), cahíz (3 cargas)

##### Derived terms

* a carga cerrada
* a la carga
* animal de carga
* bahía de carga (“cargo bay”) (for trucks)
* bestia de carga
* bodega de carga (“cargo bay”) (for planes and spacecraft)
* buey de carga
* carga a fondo
* carga de aposento
* carga de justicia
* carga de la prueba
* carga de profundidad
* carga eléctrica
* carguero
* indio de carga
* lanzacargas
* llevar la carga
* montacargas
* muelle de carga (“loading dock”)
* navío de carga
* sentarse de carga
* soltar la carga
* tabique de carga
* tren de carga

##### Related terms

* cargable
* cargador
* cargar
* cargo
* descargar
* encargar
* recargar
* sobrecarga
* sobrecargar

#### Noun

carga f (plural cargas)
* female equivalent of cargo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

carga
* inflection of cargar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “carga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10