cargo

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cargo^¹

/ˈkɑːɡəʊ/ UK
/ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga. Displaced native Old English fearm.

noun cargos · cargoes

countable, uncountable Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle. The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals.
Papua New Guinea, countable, uncountable Western material goods. The principal change was that two of the 'satans', Kilibob and Manup, were now identified by different groups as God and Jesus Christ, as cargo deities. This expressed the return to hostility towards Europeans and a reassessment of native rights to the cargo.

verb cargos · cargoing · cargoed

transitive To load with freight.

Cargo^²

proper noun Cargos

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A village in Kingmoor parish, Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3659).
countable, uncountable A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: payload, freight, shipment, lading, loading, consignment, load, freighter, tonnage, airfreight, transportation, shipping, embarkation, traffic, shipper, trucking

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noun freight carried by a ship

Español	carga, cargamento, cargazón
한국어	짐 jim, 화물 hwamul, 바리 bari
日本語	積荷 tsumini, 貨物 kamotsu
中文	貨物 /货物 huòwù, 貨 /货 huò
हिन्दी	पोतभार potbhār, नौभार naubhār, माल māl, बोझ bojh, खेप khep
Kiswahili	shehena
Português	carga
Français	cargaison
Deutsch	Fracht, Ladung, Cargo
Italiano	carico
Ελληνικά	φορτίο fortío
Română	marfă
Русский	груз gruz, това́р továr, ка́рго kárgo
Tiếng Việt	hàng hóa, hàng hoá
العربية	حُمُولَة ḥumūla, شِحْنَة šiḥna, حِمْل ḥiml
עברית	מִטְעָן mit'án

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@misc{cargo_2026,
  title = {cargo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cargo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}