How is the word descargar translated from Spanish to English
Copiar un archivo de internet a tu dispositivo.
To copy a file from the internet onto your device.
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Copiar un archivo de internet a tu dispositivo.
To copy a file from the internet onto your device.
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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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Download the app for free Spanish vocabulary testDescargar 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.
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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