🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

descarga

Pronunciation / Transliteration: des-kar-ga

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Descarga/deʃˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La descarga del archivo falló debido a la conexión."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of downloading digital data from a remote network or server to a local device.

    "A velocidade de descarga do arquivo foi surpreendentemente rápida."
  2. 2

    The release or discharge of accumulated electrical energy, tension, or physical effort.

    "O atleta precisou de uma semana de descarga após o treino intenso."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Spanish and Portuguese prefix des- (from Latin dis-, indicating reversal or removal) combined with carga (load, burden, from Late Latin carricare). Historically used in maritime and commercial contexts to denote the unloading of cargo, its meaning has expanded across the Iberian Peninsula into modern computing, electrical engineering, and sports science.

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