carregam

Carregam is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Portuguese verb carregar, meaning to carry or to load. It is used with subjects such as eles, elas, or vocês to describe actions performed by multiple people. Examples include Eles carregam caixas pesadas pelo armazém or Vocês carregam os pacotes até o carro.

Etymology: The verb carregar comes from Late Latin carricare, derived from carrus, cart, with the suffix -icare. The related noun carga denotes a load or cargo, sharing the same root.

Usage: Carregar covers physical actions of carrying as well as non-physical senses, such as carregar uma bateria (to charge a battery) or carregar uma página (to load a web page). In figurative language, it can mean bearing or assuming responsibility or risk (carregar a responsabilidade). The form carregam is common in Brazilian Portuguese when the subject is vocês, and in European Portuguese when the subject is eles/elas.