Cargaron

Cargaron is the third-person plural preterite form of the Spanish verb cargar, meaning to load or to charge. It is used to indicate that a loading action was completed in the past, typically in narrative, reporting, or descriptions of processes involving moving objects or goods. In contexts where ustedes is understood, cargaron also translates as you all loaded.

Examples of use include sentences like: Ayer, ellos cargaron las cajas en el camión. En otros pasajes, se dice que los voluntarios cargaron suministros para la misión. The form is commonly distinguished from the imperfect cargaban (they were loading / they used to load) and from the present cargan (they load).

Conjugation notes: in the pretérito perfecto simple, the full paradigm is: yo cargué, tú cargaste, él/ella/usted cargó, nosotros cargamos, vosotros cargasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes cargaron. The form cargaron specifically corresponds to the third-person plural, and is used with subject pronouns or with context that implies ellos/ellas/ustedes.

Etymology: cargar comes from Latin carricare, formed from carrus or carri- meaning cart or wagon, with the suffix -icare, related to the idea of loading onto a carrier or vehicle. Over time, the sense broadened to include charging or filling, as in loading goods, energy, or a device.

See also: related verb forms include cargar in other tenses (cargó, cargaron, cargaban), and related verbs meaning to fill or to burden. The form cargaron is a standard component of Spanish past narration and transactional language involving handling objects.