What does descargar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word descargar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use descargar in Spanish.

The word descargar in Spanish means unload, download, vent, unleash, free, excuse, discharge, fire, deal, discharge, flow into, run into, run flat, go dead. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word descargar

unload

verbo transitivo (mercancías, productos)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El almacén tiene capacidad para descargar treinta camiones por día.
The warehouse is able to unload thirty trucks a day.

download

verbo transitivo (informática (archivos, programas) (computer)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Mi computadora es muy lenta, tarda mucho en descargar programas.
My computer is really slow and it's taking ages to download programs.

vent, unleash

verbo transitivo (ira, tensión)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El luchador descargó su furia golpeando a su oponente.
The fighter unleashed (or: vented) his rage by pummeling his opponent.

free, excuse

verbo transitivo (tarea, obligación) (duty)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Sentí alivio cuando me descargaron de la responsabilidad de dirigir el coro.
I felt relieved when they freed me from my duties of conducting the choir.

discharge, fire

verbo transitivo (pistolas, armas)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Descargó su arma con una ráfaga de disparos al aire.
He discharged (or: fired) his weapon with a spray of bullets in the air.

deal

verbo transitivo (golpe, ataque) (a blow)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Leonel le descargó un golpe a Jaime con tanta fuerza que lo derribó.
Leonel dealt Jaime a blow with such force that it knocked him down.

discharge

verbo transitivo (carga eléctrica: liberar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Para descargar la electricidad estática del cuerpo humano existen dispositivos conductores de electricidad.
There are conduction devices that are able to discharge static electricity from a human body.

flow into, run into

verbo intransitivo (México (río: desembocar)

El río Bravo descarga en el Golfo de México.
The Bravo river flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

run flat, go dead

verbo pronominal (perder energía) (battery)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Se descargó la batería porque dejé encendidas las luces del coche.
The battery ran flat as I'd left the car lights on.

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