descargar
Spanish, verb/deskaɾˈɡaɾ/
descargar is spelled D-E-S-C-A-R-G-A-R (9 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descargar is a Spanish verb meaning “to unload” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Retirar o bajar la carga de un transporte”.
What does descargar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unload
- 2
to discharge
- 3
to fire, discharge (a weapon)
- 4
to download
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Retirar o bajar la carga de un transporte. 2. Copiar algún tipo de información, programa o archivos, a través de internet, desde un servidor donde se encuentran alojados al ordenador personal, móvil o tableta de uno mismo. 3. Liberar una carga₇ emocional o tensión acumulada, normalmente en las personas que se encuentran cerca, mediante hablar o desahogarse de algún otro modo. 4. Disparar o hacer detonar un arma de fuego.
verb: 1. Desembocar un río, terminar su curso desaguando o entrando en una masa de agua. 2. Precipitarse una nube en forma de lluvia o granizo hasta deshacerse.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of descargar
- descargo first-person present singular
- descargué first-person preterite singular
- descargado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- descargando gerund
- descargada feminine participle past
- descargados masculine participle past
- descargadas feminine participle past
- descargas indicative informal present
- descargás indicative informal present
- descarga indicative present singular
- descargamos first-person indicative plural
- descargáis indicative plural present
- descargan indicative plural present
- descargaba first-person imperfect indicative
- descargabas imperfect indicative second-person
- descargábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- descargabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descargar?
- /deskaɾˈɡaɾ/
- [d̪es.kaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [d̪eskaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descargar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descargar in Spanish?
descargar appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).