cargo
Portuguese, noun/ˈkaʁ.ɡu/
cargo is spelled C-A-R-G-O (5 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cargo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “post, occupation, profession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ocupação, profissão”.
What does cargo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepost, occupation, profession
- 2
masculineoffice; responsibility
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ocupação, profissão 2. ofício 3. responsabilidade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cargo
- cargos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cargo?
- Brazil /ˈkaʁ.ɡu/
- Brazil [ˈkaɦ.ɡu]
- /ˈkaɾ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cargo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cargo in Portuguese?
cargo appears 66 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).