descarregar

Etymology

des- +‎ carregar (“to load”)

Verb

descarregar (first-person singular present descarrego, past participle descarregat)

1. to unload
2. to download

Etymology

From Old Portuguese descarregar, from Late Latin discarricāre, present active infinitive of discarricō (“unload”), from carricō (“load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kɐ.ʁɨ.ˈɣaɾ/
• Hyphenation: des‧car‧re‧gar

Verb

descarregar (first-person singular present indicative descarrego, past participle descarregado)

1. to unload (unload cargo, wares, etc from a vehicle)
2. to discharge (release an electrical charge)
3. to discharge (release a person, object from hospital, storage, etc.)
4. (Portugal, computing) to download (download programs, images, etc from websites or removable storage media)