Meanings (ES + gloss)
transporte de mercancías
The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
carga • cargamento • flete
Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.
Space for carrying light freight also features in Grand Union's proposal. The company says it is working with partners at Intercity Railfreight on the logistics of this, with refri…
The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
flete
Payment for transportation.
Had the ship earned her freight? To earn freight there must, of course, be either a right delivery, or a due and proper offer to deliver the goods to the consignees.
The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.
Phrases
air freightairfreightcost and freightdead freightfreight bicyclefreight carfreight carriagefreight carrierfreight hopperfreight hoppingfreight operating companyfreight trainfreight tricyclefreight truckfreight wagonfreight yardfreight-onlyfreightablefreighthopperfreighthoppingfreightlessfreightwagonfreightyardhop a freighthop freightnonfreightoverfreightpay one's own freightpay the freightrail freighttime freight
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cargar
To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
Pearl, whose activity of spirit never flagged, had been at no loss for amusement while her mother talked with the old gatherer of herbs. At first, as already told, she had flirted…
[T]hey who freight their wealth upon a hundred vessels are more liable, Morton, are they not, to the peril of the winds and waves, than they who venture it only upon one?