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descarga

discharge

noun dehs-KAHR-gah Rare

Also means

download

Usage Note

Descarga covers a wide range of 'release' senses: an electrical discharge (descarga eléctrica), firing of a weapon (descarga cerrada), and in modern usage a digital download (descarga gratuita = free download). The related verb is descargar, used for both unloading and downloading.

Examples

"La descarga del archivo tardó varios minutos."

Natural Translation

The file download took several minutes.

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