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carga

carga noun: a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222 liters.

Noun

carga (plural cargas)

  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222 liters.

Forms of carga

pluralcargas

Origin of carga

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.

Questions about carga

What does carga mean?
Carga means a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222 liters.
What part of speech is carga?
Carga is a noun.
What is the plural of carga?
The plural of carga is cargas.

Words near carga in the dictionary

  1. Carfrae
  2. carfree
  3. carfs
  4. carful
  5. carfuls
  6. carga
  7. cargador
  8. cargadors
  9. Cargan
  10. cargas
  11. cargasm

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