Cargaste

Cargaste is the second-person singular preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb cargar. It denotes a completed action in the past in which something was loaded, charged, or filled. It is used with the subject tú, as in informal second-person speech.

Grammatical notes: Cargar is a regular -ar verb in the pretérito indefinido. The full set of simple past forms is: yo cargué, tú cargaste, él cargó, nosotros cargamos, vosotros cargasteis, ellos cargaron. The yo form carries an accent (cargué), while the tú form is cargaste and the third person singular is cargó.

Usage examples: "Ayer cargaste las maletas en el coche." (You loaded the suitcases into the car.) "¿Cargaste la batería del teléfono?" (Did you charge the phone’s battery?) "Cargamos los archivos en el servidor." (We uploaded or loaded the files to the server.) The verb covers physical loading, charging devices, and figurative uses such as loading data or content.

Etymology and related terms: Cargar comes from Spanish, with roots in Latin carricare, meaning to load, related to carrus 'cart'. Related words include cargo (load or goods) as a noun, and cargar in various tenses for other subjects.

See also: cargo, cargar (general verb entry). Contexts for uso include everyday conversation, travel, technology, and logistics.