English Explanatory Dictionary

carga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222 liters.

Word forms

carga cargas

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.

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