carregar

Carregar is a Portuguese verb with several related meanings centered on the idea of adding weight, energy, or data to something. Its etymology traces to Latin caricare, meaning to load, via Old French charger, with cognates in other Romance languages.

In everyday use, the physical sense of carregar refers to placing objects onto or into something or to transporting them, as in carregar uma mala (to load a bag) or carregar peso (to carry or bear weight). It also covers the act of moving a load from one place to another, such as carrying cargo.

In energy and power contexts, carregar means to charge or replenish energy. This includes charging a battery or device (carregar a bateria, carregar o telemóvel) and refilling a fuel tank, as in carregar o carro com combustível.

In computing and information technology, carregar can mean to load data or software into a system, for example carregar um programa or carregar uma página à internet. In Brazilian Portuguese, it is also common to use carregar to express uploading files to a service or cloud.

In legal and administrative language, carregar can mean to accuse or press charges against someone, or to attribute blame or responsibility, as in carregar alguém com uma culpa or carregar uma acusação.

In firearms contexts, carregar means to load ammunition into a firearm. The term also appears in idiomatic expressions related to burden or responsibility, such as carregar o peso das costas.

Conjugation varies by person and tense, with common forms such as carrego, carregas, carrega, carregamos, carregais, carregam in the present indicative. The participles include carregado (loaded) and carregando (loading).