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SPANISH VERB

cargar

to carry

  • #251 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: cargando
  • Past participle: cargado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I carry
  2. tú you carry
  3. usted, él, ella he/she carries
  4. nosotros we carry
  5. vosotros Spain you all carry
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they carry

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I carried
  2. tú you carried
  3. usted, él, ella he/she carried
  4. nosotros we carried
  5. vosotros Spain you all carried
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they carried

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to carry
  2. tú you used to carry
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to carry
  4. nosotros we used to carry
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to carry
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to carry

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will carry
  2. tú you will carry
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will carry
  4. nosotros we will carry
  5. vosotros Spain you all will carry
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will carry

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would carry
  2. tú you would carry
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would carry
  4. nosotros we would carry
  5. vosotros Spain you all would carry
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would carry

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I carry
  2. tú (that) you carry
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she carry
  4. nosotros (that) we carry
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all carry
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they carry

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I carried
  2. tú (if) you carried
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she carried
  4. nosotros (if) we carried
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all carried
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they carried

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú carry!
  2. usted carry! (formal)
  3. nosotros carry! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain carry! (all of you)
  5. ustedes carry! (all of you)

How to use cargar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Cargo con las bolsas de la compra yo sola.

    I carry the shopping bags all by myself.

  2. Past

    Cargamos las maletas hasta el quinto piso sin ascensor.

    We carried the suitcases up to the fifth floor without a lift.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi abuelo cargaba sacos de naranjas en el campo.

    My grandfather carried sacks of oranges in the fields.

  4. Future

    Yo cargaré las cajas, tú abre la puerta.

    I'll carry the boxes, you open the door.

  5. Conditional

    ¿Cargarías tú con el niño un rato?

    Would you carry the child for a while?

  6. Present subjunctive

    No quiero que cargues peso con esa espalda.

    I don't want you carrying weight with that back.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Le dije que no cargara tanto, pero no me escuchó.

    I told him not to carry so much, but he didn't listen.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Carga el móvil, que luego no hay quien te encuentre!

    Charge your phone, nobody can get hold of you otherwise!

Good to know

  • "Cargar el móvil" is to charge your phone; "cargar con" is to carry a burden: yo cargo con todo.

Where you hear cargar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • Yo cargo las cajas de cerveza todas las mañanas. I carry the crates of beer every morning.
  • He cargado con la compra de toda la semana. I've carried the whole week's shopping.
  • Esta semana Julián va a cargar con todo. This week Julian is going to carry everything.
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