carico

See also: Carico and caricò

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ri.ko/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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.[1]

Alternative forms

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of caricare

References
  1. Ledgeway 2016: 221

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

Latin

Adjective

caricō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of caricus
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