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carga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
car-ga
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cargas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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)

Questions

What does carga mean?
A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222 liters.
Where does carga come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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