cargo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga. Displaced native Old English fearm. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ Hyphenation: car‧go === Noun === cargo (countable and uncountable, plural cargos or cargoes) Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle. (Papua New Guinea) Western material goods. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === cargo (third-person singular simple present cargos, present participle cargoing, simple past and past participle cargoed) (transitive) To load with freight. === Anagrams === Cogar, Crago == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English cargo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʁ.ɡo/ === Noun === cargo m (plural cargos) ship designed to carry a cargo === Further reading === “cargo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === cargo first-person singular present indicative of cargar == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkar.ɡo/ Rhymes: -arɡo Hyphenation: càr‧go === Noun === cargo m (plural carghi) cargo boat freighter (boat or plane) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: car‧go === Noun === cargo m (plural cargos) post, occupation, profession office; responsibility === Further reading === “cargo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cargo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Scottish Gaelic == === Noun === cargo m (genitive singular cargo, plural cargothan) alternative form of carago == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaɾɡo/ [ˈkaɾ.ɣ̞o] Rhymes: -aɾɡo Syllabification: car‧go === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from cargar. ==== Noun ==== cargo m (plural cargos) charge, burden position, post Synonym: posición (finance) debit Synonym: débito (heraldry) charge Synonym: figura ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ==== Noun ==== cargo m (plural cargos, feminine carga, feminine plural cargas) higher-up === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cargo first-person singular present indicative of cargar === Further reading === “cargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Venetan == === Adjective === cargo (feminine singular carga, masculine plural cargi, feminine plural carge) loaded, laden charged full