"to download" in seven languages
Meaningto download
Spanish
/deskaɾˈgaɾ/
inherited
Also 'to unload' a lorry or ship.
French
/teleʃaʁʒe/
inherited
A modern compound: télé- 'at a distance' + inherited charger 'to load'.
Italian
/skariˈkare/
inherited
Also 'to unload' and, of a battery, 'to run down'.
Portuguese
/bajˈʃah/
other source · baixo 'low' ← Latin BASSUM
Literally 'to lower'; European Portuguese says descarregar.
Romanian
/deskərˈka/
inherited
Catalan
/dəskərəˈga/
inherited
English
/ˈdaʊnloʊd/
native English · down + load (both Old English)
The Latin ancestor
*CARRICĀRE (spoken Latin)‘to load a cart (CARRUS)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian 'unload' a file; French 'loads it from afar'. All three rest on the cart-loading verb behind English charge and cargo; French shows CA → cha, Spanish shows the c voiced to g.
English relatives: charge, cargo, car, carry
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In a sentence
- esDescarga el archivo.
- frTélécharge le fichier.
- itScarica il file.
- ptBaixe o arquivo.
- roDescarcă fișierul.
- caDescarrega el fitxer.
- enDownload the file.
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