How is the word descargar translated from Spanish to English

English translation
to download
verb

Copiar un archivo de internet a tu dispositivo.

To copy a file from the internet onto your device.

Examples with “descargar”

See how the word “descargar” is used in sentences

  • Necesito descargar el formulario antes de la reunión. — I need to download the form before the meeting.

  • ¿Puedes descargar las fotos al portátil? — Can you download the photos to the laptop?

  • Tardó una hora en descargarse el álbum entero. — It took an hour to download the whole album.

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How “descargar” is used

Descargar is already an infinitive — Spanish builds it into the ending -ar, so no separate word for the English to. Descargar on its own is what a dictionary lists, and what you say after another verb: quiero descargar la app, puedo descargar el archivo.

That is the one place where English and Spanish diverge. English keeps to after want and need — I want to download — but drops it after can: I can download. Spanish never changes: the bare infinitive follows all three.

Forms of “descargar”

  • descargar infinitive
  • descargando gerund
  • descargado past participle
  • descargaré future, yo

Common phrases with “descargar”

How “descargar” differs from similar words

  • descargar to download

    The same verb on its own card, where the download sense is set out in full along with bajar and the literal to unload.

  • descargando downloading

    The gerund, used with estar for something in progress: está descargando — it is downloading right now.

  • instalar to install

    What comes after. Descargar only puts the file on the device.

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