Significado de charge en inglés
chargecharge1 /tʃɑːdʒ $ tʃɑːrdʒ/ noun 
Ver todas las traducciones1price [countable, uncountable] the amount of money you have to pay for goods or servicescantidad de dinero que se debe pagar por bienes o servicios; cargocharge of
an admission charge of $5una tarifa de entrada de $5charge for There is a charge for the use of the swimming pool.Hay un cargo por el uso de la piscina. Guided tours are provided at no charge.Las visitas guiadas se ofrecen sin cargo. Your order will be sent free of charge (=with no cost).Su pedido será enviado sin cargo (=sin costo).► see thesaurus at cost2control [uncountable] the position of having control or responsibility for a group of people or an activityposición de tener control o responsabilidad sobre un grupo de personas o una actividad; mandoin charge (of something) He asked to speak to the person in charge.Pidió hablar con la persona a cargo. the officer in charge of the investigationel oficial a cargo de la investigación Stern put Travis in charge of (=gave him control of) the research team.Stern puso a Travis a cargo (=le dio el control) del equipo de investigación. Owens came in and took charge of (=took control of) the situation.Owens intervino y tomó el control (=se hizo cargo) de la situación. A commander in each county was to have charge of the local militia.Un comandante en cada condado debía tener el mando de la milicia local.3somebody/something you look after a)be in/under somebody’s charge if someone or something is in your charge, you are responsible for looking after themsi alguien o algo está bajo tu cargo, eres responsable de cuidar de ellos: teachers that do their best for the children in their chargemaestros que hacen todo lo posible por los niños a su cargo The files were left in your charge.Los archivos quedaron bajo tu responsabilidad. b)[countable] formalformal someone that you are responsible for looking afteralguien de quien eres responsable de cuidar; pupilo: Sarah bought some chocolate for her three young charges.Sarah compró chocolate para sus tres jóvenes pupilos.4crime [countable] an official statement by the police that someone may be guilty of a crimedeclaración oficial de la policía de que alguien puede ser culpable de un delito; cargo; imputacióncharge against He was found guilty of all six charges against him.Fue declarado culpable de los seis cargos en su contra.charge of Higgins is facing a charge of armed robbery.Higgins enfrenta un cargo de robo a mano armada.on a charge (of something) The following morning, he was arrested on a charge of burglary.A la mañana siguiente, fue arrestado por un cargo de robo con allanamiento.5blame [countable] a written or spoken statement blaming someone for doing something bad or illegaldeclaración escrita u oral que culpa a alguien de haber hecho algo malo o ilegal; acusación SYN allegationcharge that the charge that tobacco companies target young people with their adsla acusación de que las tabacaleras dirigen su publicidad a los jóvenescharge of a charge of racial discrimination against the companyuna acusación de discriminación racial contra la empresadeny/counter a charge (=say that a charge is untrue)(=decir que una acusación es falsa) Wallace denied charges that he had lied to investigators.Wallace negó las acusaciones de haber mentido a los investigadores.lay/leave yourself open to a charge of something (=be likely to be blamed for something)(=ser susceptible de ser culpado de algo) The speech laid him open to charges of political bias.El discurso lo dejó expuesto a acusaciones de sesgo político.6attack [countable] an attack in which soldiers or animals move towards someone or something very quicklyataque en el que soldados o animales se lanzan rápidamente hacia alguien o algo; carga7effort lead the charge to make a strong effort to do somethingencabezar la lucha por lograr algo; liderar el avance: It was small businesses that led the charge against health care changes.Fueron las pequeñas empresas las que encabezaron la batalla contra los cambios en la atención sanitaria.8electricity [uncountable] electricity that is put into a piece of electrical equipment such as a batteryelectricidad que se almacena en un equipo eléctrico como una batería; carga eléctricaon charge (=taking in a charge of electricity)(=cargando electricidad) Leave the battery on charge all night.Deja la batería cargando toda la noche.9explosive [countable] an explosive put into something such as a bomb or gunexplosivo colocado en algo como una bomba o un arma; carga explosiva10strength of feelings [singular] the power of strong feelingsla fuerza de los sentimientos intensos; carga emocional: Cases of child abuse have a strong emotional charge.Los casos de maltrato infantil tienen una fuerte carga emocional.11get a charge out of something American English spokenoral to be excited by something and enjoy it very muchemocionarse mucho con algo y disfrutarlo enormemente: I got a real charge out of seeing my niece take her first steps.Me emocioné muchísimo al ver a mi sobrina dar sus primeros pasos.12an order to do something [countable] formalformal an order to do somethingorden de hacer algo; encargo; cometidocharge to do something The old servant fulfilled his master’s charge to care for the children.El viejo criado cumplió el encargo de su amo de cuidar a los niños. → reverse the charges at reverse1(6)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 1– Significado 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + chargeADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVO + chargea small charge· For a small charge guests can use the hotel sauna.· Por un pequeño cargo, los huéspedes pueden usar la sauna del hotel.an extra/additional charge· Breakfast may be served in your bedroom at no extra charge.· El desayuno puede servirse en su habitación sin cargo adicional.free of charge (=with no cost)· Delivery is free of charge.· La entrega es gratuita.somebody’s charges are high/low (=you have to pay a lot/a little)· His charges are too high.· Sus honorarios son demasiado altos.a fixed charge· There’s a fixed charge for having a dental check.· Hay un cargo fijo por la revisión dental.a nominal charge (=a very small amount of money)· You can use the tennis courts for a nominal charge.· Puede usar las pistas de tenis por una tarifa nominal.a minimum charge (=an amount that is the least you can pay)· There’s a minimum charge of £10 per person in the Terrace restaurant.· Hay un cargo mínimo de £10 por persona en el restaurante Terraza.a service charge (=for service in a hotel, restaurant etc)· The restaurant’s prices include a 10% service charge.· Los precios del restaurante incluyen un 10% de cargo por servicio.an admission charge (=for being allowed to enter a place)· There is no admission charge.· No hay cargo de entrada.a call-out charge British English (=that you must pay a workman to come to your home)· The electrician said there is a £40 call-out charge.· El electricista dijo que hay un cargo de £40 por desplazamiento.a cancellation charge· If you change your flight booking, you may have to pay a cancellation charge.· Si cambia su reserva de vuelo, es posible que deba pagar un cargo por cancelación.a delivery charge· How much is the store’s delivery charge?· ¿Cuánto es el cargo de entrega de la tienda?bank charges (=fees charged by a bank for some services)· You will have to pay bank charges if your account is overdrawn.· Tendrá que pagar cargos bancarios si su cuenta está en descubierto.verbsverbospay a charge· There will be a small charge to pay.· Habrá un pequeño cargo que pagar.make a charge (=ask you to pay a charge)· We make no charge for this service.· No cobramos nada por este servicio.incur a charge formalformal (=result in you paying a charge)· All cancellations incur a charge.· Todas las cancelaciones conllevan un cargo.introduce/impose a charge· The government introduced a charge for water.· El gobierno introdujo un cobro por el agua.waive a charge (=allow you not to pay it)· I’ve asked the bank to waive the charge this time.· He pedido al banco que exima el cargo esta vez.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 4— Acepción 4ADJECTIVES/NOUN + chargeADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVO + chargea murder/burglary/drugs etc charge· He appeared in court on fraud charges.· Compareció ante el tribunal por cargos de fraude.· Robins was in jail awaiting trial on drugs charges.· Robins estaba en la cárcel esperando juicio por cargos de drogas.criminal charges· The investigation resulted in criminal charges against three police officers.· La investigación resultó en cargos penales contra tres agentes de policía.a serious charge· Drinking and driving is a very serious charge.· Conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol es un cargo muy grave.a felony charge American English (=for a serious crime)· He pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of cocaine possession.· Se declaró no culpable de un cargo de delito grave por posesión de cocaína.verbsverbospress/bring charges (=make someone be brought to court for a crime)· Sometimes the victim of an assault does not want to press charges.· A veces la víctima de una agresión no quiere presentar cargos.face charges (=have been charged with a crime)· A farmer is facing charges of cruelty and neglect.· Un granjero enfrenta cargos de crueldad y negligencia.deny/admit a charge· All three men denied the charge of manslaughter.· Los tres hombres negaron el cargo de homicidio involuntario.plead guilty to a charge (=say formally in court that you are guilty)· The youth pleaded guilty to a charge of arson.· El joven se declaró culpable de un cargo de incendio provocado.drop the charges (=decide not to go on with a court case)· The prosecution dropped the charges in 2005.· La fiscalía retiró los cargos en 2005.dismiss the charges (=say that a court case should not continue)· If there is insufficient evidence, the court will dismiss the charges.· Si no hay pruebas suficientes, el tribunal desestimará los cargos.be released without charge· She had been arrested twice and released without charge.· Había sido arrestada dos veces y puesta en libertad sin cargos.be convicted of/on a charge (=be judged to be guilty)· McCorley was convicted on a charge of assault.· McCorley fue condenado por un cargo de agresión.be acquitted of/on a charge (=be judged to be not guilty)· Both men were acquitted of all charges.· Ambos hombres fueron absueltos de todos los cargos.
Ver todas las traducciones1price [countable, uncountable] the amount of money you have to pay for goods or servicescantidad de dinero que se debe pagar por bienes o servicios; cargocharge of an admission charge of $5una tarifa de entrada de $5charge for There is a charge for the use of the swimming pool.Hay un cargo por el uso de la piscina. Guided tours are provided at no charge.Las visitas guiadas se ofrecen sin cargo. Your order will be sent free of charge (=with no cost).Su pedido será enviado sin cargo (=sin costo).► see thesaurus at cost2control [uncountable] the position of having control or responsibility for a group of people or an activityposición de tener control o responsabilidad sobre un grupo de personas o una actividad; mandoin charge (of something) He asked to speak to the person in charge.Pidió hablar con la persona a cargo. the officer in charge of the investigationel oficial a cargo de la investigación Stern put Travis in charge of (=gave him control of) the research team.Stern puso a Travis a cargo (=le dio el control) del equipo de investigación. Owens came in and took charge of (=took control of) the situation.Owens intervino y tomó el control (=se hizo cargo) de la situación. A commander in each county was to have charge of the local militia.Un comandante en cada condado debía tener el mando de la milicia local.3somebody/something you look after a)be in/under somebody’s charge if someone or something is in your charge, you are responsible for looking after themsi alguien o algo está bajo tu cargo, eres responsable de cuidar de ellos: teachers that do their best for the children in their chargemaestros que hacen todo lo posible por los niños a su cargo The files were left in your charge.Los archivos quedaron bajo tu responsabilidad. b)[countable] formalformal someone that you are responsible for looking afteralguien de quien eres responsable de cuidar; pupilo: Sarah bought some chocolate for her three young charges.Sarah compró chocolate para sus tres jóvenes pupilos.4crime [countable] an official statement by the police that someone may be guilty of a crimedeclaración oficial de la policía de que alguien puede ser culpable de un delito; cargo; imputacióncharge against He was found guilty of all six charges against him.Fue declarado culpable de los seis cargos en su contra.charge of Higgins is facing a charge of armed robbery.Higgins enfrenta un cargo de robo a mano armada.on a charge (of something) The following morning, he was arrested on a charge of burglary.A la mañana siguiente, fue arrestado por un cargo de robo con allanamiento.5blame [countable] a written or spoken statement blaming someone for doing something bad or illegaldeclaración escrita u oral que culpa a alguien de haber hecho algo malo o ilegal; acusación SYN allegationcharge that the charge that tobacco companies target young people with their adsla acusación de que las tabacaleras dirigen su publicidad a los jóvenescharge of a charge of racial discrimination against the companyuna acusación de discriminación racial contra la empresadeny/counter a charge (=say that a charge is untrue)(=decir que una acusación es falsa) Wallace denied charges that he had lied to investigators.Wallace negó las acusaciones de haber mentido a los investigadores.lay/leave yourself open to a charge of something (=be likely to be blamed for something)(=ser susceptible de ser culpado de algo) The speech laid him open to charges of political bias.El discurso lo dejó expuesto a acusaciones de sesgo político.6attack [countable] an attack in which soldiers or animals move towards someone or something very quicklyataque en el que soldados o animales se lanzan rápidamente hacia alguien o algo; carga7effort lead the charge to make a strong effort to do somethingencabezar la lucha por lograr algo; liderar el avance: It was small businesses that led the charge against health care changes.Fueron las pequeñas empresas las que encabezaron la batalla contra los cambios en la atención sanitaria.8electricity [uncountable] electricity that is put into a piece of electrical equipment such as a batteryelectricidad que se almacena en un equipo eléctrico como una batería; carga eléctricaon charge (=taking in a charge of electricity)(=cargando electricidad) Leave the battery on charge all night.Deja la batería cargando toda la noche.9explosive [countable] an explosive put into something such as a bomb or gunexplosivo colocado en algo como una bomba o un arma; carga explosiva10strength of feelings [singular] the power of strong feelingsla fuerza de los sentimientos intensos; carga emocional: Cases of child abuse have a strong emotional charge.Los casos de maltrato infantil tienen una fuerte carga emocional.11get a charge out of something American English spokenoral to be excited by something and enjoy it very muchemocionarse mucho con algo y disfrutarlo enormemente: I got a real charge out of seeing my niece take her first steps.Me emocioné muchísimo al ver a mi sobrina dar sus primeros pasos.12an order to do something [countable] formalformal an order to do somethingorden de hacer algo; encargo; cometidocharge to do something The old servant fulfilled his master’s charge to care for the children.El viejo criado cumplió el encargo de su amo de cuidar a los niños. → reverse the charges at reverse1(6)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 1– Significado 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + chargeADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVO + chargea small charge· For a small charge guests can use the hotel sauna.· Por un pequeño cargo, los huéspedes pueden usar la sauna del hotel.an extra/additional charge· Breakfast may be served in your bedroom at no extra charge.· El desayuno puede servirse en su habitación sin cargo adicional.free of charge (=with no cost)· Delivery is free of charge.· La entrega es gratuita.somebody’s charges are high/low (=you have to pay a lot/a little)· His charges are too high.· Sus honorarios son demasiado altos.a fixed charge· There’s a fixed charge for having a dental check.· Hay un cargo fijo por la revisión dental.a nominal charge (=a very small amount of money)· You can use the tennis courts for a nominal charge.· Puede usar las pistas de tenis por una tarifa nominal.a minimum charge (=an amount that is the least you can pay)· There’s a minimum charge of £10 per person in the Terrace restaurant.· Hay un cargo mínimo de £10 por persona en el restaurante Terraza.a service charge (=for service in a hotel, restaurant etc)· The restaurant’s prices include a 10% service charge.· Los precios del restaurante incluyen un 10% de cargo por servicio.an admission charge (=for being allowed to enter a place)· There is no admission charge.· No hay cargo de entrada.a call-out charge British English (=that you must pay a workman to come to your home)· The electrician said there is a £40 call-out charge.· El electricista dijo que hay un cargo de £40 por desplazamiento.a cancellation charge· If you change your flight booking, you may have to pay a cancellation charge.· Si cambia su reserva de vuelo, es posible que deba pagar un cargo por cancelación.a delivery charge· How much is the store’s delivery charge?· ¿Cuánto es el cargo de entrega de la tienda?bank charges (=fees charged by a bank for some services)· You will have to pay bank charges if your account is overdrawn.· Tendrá que pagar cargos bancarios si su cuenta está en descubierto.verbsverbospay a charge· There will be a small charge to pay.· Habrá un pequeño cargo que pagar.make a charge (=ask you to pay a charge)· We make no charge for this service.· No cobramos nada por este servicio.incur a charge formalformal (=result in you paying a charge)· All cancellations incur a charge.· Todas las cancelaciones conllevan un cargo.introduce/impose a charge· The government introduced a charge for water.· El gobierno introdujo un cobro por el agua.waive a charge (=allow you not to pay it)· I’ve asked the bank to waive the charge this time.· He pedido al banco que exima el cargo esta vez.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 4— Acepción 4ADJECTIVES/NOUN + chargeADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVO + chargea murder/burglary/drugs etc charge· He appeared in court on fraud charges.· Compareció ante el tribunal por cargos de fraude.· Robins was in jail awaiting trial on drugs charges.· Robins estaba en la cárcel esperando juicio por cargos de drogas.criminal charges· The investigation resulted in criminal charges against three police officers.· La investigación resultó en cargos penales contra tres agentes de policía.a serious charge· Drinking and driving is a very serious charge.· Conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol es un cargo muy grave.a felony charge American English (=for a serious crime)· He pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of cocaine possession.· Se declaró no culpable de un cargo de delito grave por posesión de cocaína.verbsverbospress/bring charges (=make someone be brought to court for a crime)· Sometimes the victim of an assault does not want to press charges.· A veces la víctima de una agresión no quiere presentar cargos.face charges (=have been charged with a crime)· A farmer is facing charges of cruelty and neglect.· Un granjero enfrenta cargos de crueldad y negligencia.deny/admit a charge· All three men denied the charge of manslaughter.· Los tres hombres negaron el cargo de homicidio involuntario.plead guilty to a charge (=say formally in court that you are guilty)· The youth pleaded guilty to a charge of arson.· El joven se declaró culpable de un cargo de incendio provocado.drop the charges (=decide not to go on with a court case)· The prosecution dropped the charges in 2005.· La fiscalía retiró los cargos en 2005.dismiss the charges (=say that a court case should not continue)· If there is insufficient evidence, the court will dismiss the charges.· Si no hay pruebas suficientes, el tribunal desestimará los cargos.be released without charge· She had been arrested twice and released without charge.· Había sido arrestada dos veces y puesta en libertad sin cargos.be convicted of/on a charge (=be judged to be guilty)· McCorley was convicted on a charge of assault.· McCorley fue condenado por un cargo de agresión.be acquitted of/on a charge (=be judged to be not guilty)· Both men were acquitted of all charges.· Ambos hombres fueron absueltos de todos los cargos.chargecharge2 verb 1money a)[intransitive, transitive] to ask someone for a particular amount of money for something you are sellingpedir a alguien una cantidad determinada de dinero por algo que se vende; cobrar: The hotel charges $125 a night.El hotel cobra $125 por noche.charge somebody £10/$50 etc (for something) The restaurant charged us £40 for the wine.El restaurante nos cobró £40 por el vino.charge something at something Calls will be charged at 44p per minute.Las llamadas se cobrarán a 44 peniques por minuto.charge for We won’t charge for delivery if you pay now.No cobraremos por la entrega si paga ahora.charge rent/a fee/interest etc The gallery charges an entrance fee.La galería cobra una tarifa de entrada. b)charge something to somebody’s account/room etc to record the cost of something on someone’s account, so that they can pay for it laterregistrar el costo de algo en la cuenta de alguien para que pueda pagarlo después; cargar en cuenta: Wilson charged the drinks to his room.Wilson cargó las bebidas a su habitación. Use a courier and charge it to the department.Usa un mensajero y cárgalo al departamento. c)[transitive] American English to pay for something with a credit cardpagar algo con tarjeta de créditocharge something on something I charged the shoes on Visa.Pagué los zapatos con Visa. ‘How would you like to pay?’ ‘I’ll charge it.’"¿Cómo le gustaría pagar?" "Lo pongo en la tarjeta."2crime [transitive] to state officially that someone may be guilty of a crimedeclarar oficialmente que alguien puede ser culpable de un delito; imputar; acusar formalmentecharge somebody with something Gibbons has been charged with murder.Gibbons ha sido acusado de asesinato.► see thesaurus at accuse3blame somebody [transitive] formalformal to say publicly that you think someone has done something wrongdeclarar públicamente que se cree que alguien ha hecho algo malocharge that Demonstrators have charged that the police used excessive force against them.Los manifestantes han alegado que la policía usó fuerza excesiva contra ellos.4run [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to deliberately run or walk somewhere quicklycorrer o caminar rápidamente a algún lugar de forma deliberadacharge around/through/out etc The boys charged noisily into the water.Los chicos se lanzaron ruidosamente al agua.► see thesaurus at run5attack [intransitive, transitive] to deliberately rush quickly towards someone or something in order to attack themlanzarse rápidamente y de forma deliberada hacia alguien o algo para atacarlo; cargar; arremeter: Then, with a final effort, our men charged the enemy for the last time.Luego, con un último esfuerzo, nuestros hombres cargaron contra el enemigo por última vez.charge at/towards/into The bear charged towards her at full speed.El oso cargó hacia ella a toda velocidad.6electricity [intransitive, transitive] (also charge up) if a battery charges, or if you charge it, it takes in and stores electricitysi una batería se carga, o si la cargas, absorbe y almacena electricidad: The shaver can be charged up.La afeitadora puede cargarse.7order somebody [transitive] formalformal to order someone to do something or make them responsible for itordenar a alguien que haga algo o hacerlo responsable de ello; encomendar; encargarcharge somebody with doing something The commission is charged with investigating war crimes.La comisión está encargada de investigar los crímenes de guerra.8gun [transitive] old useuso antiguo to load a guncargar un arma9glass [transitive] British English formalformal to fill a glassllenar una copa → charged
1money a)[intransitive, transitive] to ask someone for a particular amount of money for something you are sellingpedir a alguien una cantidad determinada de dinero por algo que se vende; cobrar: The hotel charges $125 a night.El hotel cobra $125 por noche.charge somebody £10/$50 etc (for something) The restaurant charged us £40 for the wine.El restaurante nos cobró £40 por el vino.charge something at something Calls will be charged at 44p per minute.Las llamadas se cobrarán a 44 peniques por minuto.charge for We won’t charge for delivery if you pay now.No cobraremos por la entrega si paga ahora.charge rent/a fee/interest etc The gallery charges an entrance fee.La galería cobra una tarifa de entrada. b)charge something to somebody’s account/room etc to record the cost of something on someone’s account, so that they can pay for it laterregistrar el costo de algo en la cuenta de alguien para que pueda pagarlo después; cargar en cuenta: Wilson charged the drinks to his room.Wilson cargó las bebidas a su habitación. Use a courier and charge it to the department.Usa un mensajero y cárgalo al departamento. c)[transitive] American English to pay for something with a credit cardpagar algo con tarjeta de créditocharge something on something I charged the shoes on Visa.Pagué los zapatos con Visa. ‘How would you like to pay?’ ‘I’ll charge it.’"¿Cómo le gustaría pagar?" "Lo pongo en la tarjeta."2crime [transitive] to state officially that someone may be guilty of a crimedeclarar oficialmente que alguien puede ser culpable de un delito; imputar; acusar formalmentecharge somebody with something Gibbons has been charged with murder.Gibbons ha sido acusado de asesinato.► see thesaurus at accuse3blame somebody [transitive] formalformal to say publicly that you think someone has done something wrongdeclarar públicamente que se cree que alguien ha hecho algo malocharge that Demonstrators have charged that the police used excessive force against them.Los manifestantes han alegado que la policía usó fuerza excesiva contra ellos.4run [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to deliberately run or walk somewhere quicklycorrer o caminar rápidamente a algún lugar de forma deliberadacharge around/through/out etc The boys charged noisily into the water.Los chicos se lanzaron ruidosamente al agua.► see thesaurus at run5attack [intransitive, transitive] to deliberately rush quickly towards someone or something in order to attack themlanzarse rápidamente y de forma deliberada hacia alguien o algo para atacarlo; cargar; arremeter: Then, with a final effort, our men charged the enemy for the last time.Luego, con un último esfuerzo, nuestros hombres cargaron contra el enemigo por última vez.charge at/towards/into The bear charged towards her at full speed.El oso cargó hacia ella a toda velocidad.6electricity [intransitive, transitive] (also charge up) if a battery charges, or if you charge it, it takes in and stores electricitysi una batería se carga, o si la cargas, absorbe y almacena electricidad: The shaver can be charged up.La afeitadora puede cargarse.7order somebody [transitive] formalformal to order someone to do something or make them responsible for itordenar a alguien que haga algo o hacerlo responsable de ello; encomendar; encargarcharge somebody with doing something The commission is charged with investigating war crimes.La comisión está encargada de investigar los crímenes de guerra.8gun [transitive] old useuso antiguo to load a guncargar un arma9glass [transitive] British English formalformal to fill a glassllenar una copa → charged