load up

cargar, llenar

Llenar un vehículo u otro espacio con cosas para transportar o guardar.

En inglés sencillo: To fill a vehicle or other space with things to carry or store.

• Let's load up the van.
• They loaded the boat up with food.
• Have you loaded up the truck yet?

Cómo se usa: load something up with something (We loaded the car up with camping equipment.)

Sinónimos: load, fill, pack

Antónimos: unload, empty

Expresiones frecuentes: load up a van, load up the truck, load something up

cargar

Poner cosas dentro o encima de un vehículo para transportarlas.

En inglés sencillo: To put things into or onto a vehicle so they can be carried.

• Please load up these bags.
• We loaded the furniture up into the van.
• Have they loaded up all the crates?

Cómo se usa: load something up onto/into something (They loaded the boxes up onto the trailer.)

Sinónimos: load, put aboard

Antónimos: unload

Expresiones frecuentes: load up the boxes, load up the bags, load something up

cargar mercancías

Dicho de un vehículo, recibir mercancías o provisiones a bordo antes de partir.

En inglés sencillo: To take goods or supplies aboard before leaving.

• The trucks stopped to load up.
• Our boat loaded up with supplies before the trip.
• Where will the ship load up?

Cómo se usa: load up with something (The ship loaded up with grain at the port.)

Sinónimos: take on cargo

Antónimos: unload

Expresiones frecuentes: load up with supplies, load up before leaving, load up at port

cargar, abrir

Introducir un programa en la memoria del ordenador para poder usarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To put a program into a computer's memory so it is ready to use.

• Load up the game first.
• She loaded up the drawing program.
• The software takes a minute to load up.

Cómo se usa: load something up (Load the program up before connecting the camera.)

Sinónimos: load, open, launch

Expresiones frecuentes: load up a game, load up the program, load something up

cargar

Introducir en un arma toda la munición que puede contener.

En inglés sencillo: To fill a gun or other weapon with all the ammunition it can hold.

• He loaded up his gun.
• The soldiers loaded their weapons up before leaving.
• Is the pistol fully loaded up?

Cómo se usa: load something up with something (She loaded the rifle up with cartridges.)

Sinónimos: load

Antónimos: unload

Expresiones frecuentes: load up a rifle, load up the pistol, load something up

emborracharse, colocarse

Beber alcohol o consumir drogas hasta sentir intensamente sus efectos.

En inglés sencillo: To drink alcohol or take drugs until they strongly affect you.

• They went to the bar to load up.
• He loaded up on cheap whisky last night.
• She had loaded up on drugs before arriving.

Cómo se usa: load up on something (He loaded up on alcohol before the concert.)

Sinónimos: get drunk, get high

Antónimos: sober up

Expresiones frecuentes: load up on alcohol, load up on drugs, load up before partying