carico

See also: Carico and caricò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri.ko/

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• Rhymes: -ariko
• Hyphenation: cà‧ri‧co

Etymology 1

From the short past participle of caricare (“to load”) in Tuscan; compare the Standard Italian participle caricato.

Alternative forms

• carco (poetic, archaic)

Adjective

carico (feminine carica, masculine plural carichi, feminine plural cariche)

1. loaded, laden

   carico di cibo ― loaded with food

   carico di grano ― laden with grain

2. loaded (of a gun, etc.)

   una pistola carica ― a loaded pistol

   un fucile carico ― a loaded rifle

3. charged (of a battery, etc.)

   una pila carica ― a charged battery

4. wound up (of a clock, etc.)

   un carico orologio ― a wound clock

5. intense (of a colour/color)

   un colore carico ― an intense colour/color

   un rosso carico ― an intense red

6. strong (of coffee, tea, etc.)

Noun

carico m (plural carichi)

1. load, loading, cargo

   Synonym: caricamento

   carico di lavoro ― workload

   il carico di una macchina ― the load of a car

   il carico di un aereo ― the cargo of an aircraft

2. shipment

   un carico di banane ― a shipment of bananas

3. charge (of a battery etc.)

Derived terms

• capocarico

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carico

1. first-person singular present indicative of caricare

Further reading

• Ledgeway, Adam. 2016. Italian, Tuscan, and Corsican. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 206–227. Oxford: OUP.

Anagrams

• Coraci, accori, corcai, corica, roccia

Latin

Adjective

caricō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of caricus