Copiar un archivo de internet a un dispositivo.
To copy a file from the internet onto a device.
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See how the word “descargar” is used in sentences
Voy a descargar la aplicación antes del viaje. — I am going to download the app before the trip.
Descargué el formulario y lo imprimí. — I downloaded the form and printed it.
¿Cuánto tarda en descargarse la actualización? — How long does the update take to download?
Entre los dos descargamos el camión en veinte minutos. — Between the two of us we unloaded the truck in twenty minutes.
Los obreros descargan las cajas en el almacén. — The workers unload the boxes in the warehouse.
Ayúdame a descargar la compra del coche. — Help me unload the shopping from the car.
La tormenta descargó toda su electricidad sobre el campo. — The storm discharged all its electricity over the field.
El condensador se descarga en pocos segundos. — The capacitor discharges in a few seconds.
No dejes que la batería se descargue del todo. — Do not let the battery discharge completely.
Descarga la cisterna antes de salir del baño. — Flush the toilet before you leave the bathroom.
La cisterna no descarga bien desde ayer. — The cistern has not been flushing properly since yesterday.
Hay que descargar las tuberías para quitar el atasco. — The pipes have to be flushed to clear the blockage.
No descargues tu enfado conmigo. — Do not take your anger out on me.
Descargó toda su frustración en la reunión. — He vented all his frustration in the meeting.
Buscaba a alguien con quien descargar la tensión del día. — He was looking for someone to let off the day's tension with.
El guardia descargó el arma contra el blanco. — The guard fired the weapon at the target.
Descargaron los rifles antes de guardarlos. — They emptied the rifles before storing them.
Nunca descargues el arma dentro de casa. — Never discharge the weapon inside the house.
El juez lo descargó de toda responsabilidad. — The judge cleared him of all responsibility.
Quieren descargar al equipo de tareas administrativas. — They want to relieve the team of administrative tasks.
Eso no te descarga de tu parte del trabajo. — That does not relieve you of your share of the work.
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Download the app for free Spanish vocabulary testOne verb, seven jobs — and the thread through all of them is taking a load off. Cargar is to load, descargar is to take that load away: off a truck, out of a battery, out of a cistern, off your chest. The computer sense is the newest of the lot and now the most common.
Watch the spelling in the past tense. The g has to stay hard before an e, so yo descargué, not descargé. Same trick as in pagar and llegar.
In Spain you will hear bajar just as often for files — bajar una app. Descargar is the safer default everywhere else, and the only one of the two that works for the truck and the battery.
cargar to load, to charge
The mirror image, and the root of the whole family: load the truck, charge the battery, load the page.
bajar to go down, to download
Everyday stand-in for the file sense, especially in Spain. Its core meaning is to go or bring down, so it cannot replace descargar for a truck.
subir to upload, to go up
The opposite move with a file: subir un archivo is to upload it.
instalar to install
What comes next. Descargar only puts the file on the device.
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