Definition of "carga" [carga]

• A Spanish unit both of weight and of measure, varying in different places and for different commodities, but generally about 275 pounds a voirdupois as a weight and 40 gallons as a measure. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The load, which is termed a carga, was generally three hundred pounds."
• "Load bearing walls, muros de carga, rely upon the compressive strength of the blocks or bricks and not just the beams."
• "Un granjero llamado Chon tuvo una severa colisión contra un gran camión de carga."