cargador de teléfono
/kaɾɡadoɾ de telefono/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'phone charger' is translated into Spanish as cargador de teléfono.
The phrase refers to a device used to provide electrical power to a mobile phone battery. You may see the more specific term Cargador de teléfono inteligente used when referring specifically to a smartphone charger.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of cargador (charger) and de teléfono (of phone).
How does it change in a sentence?
The word cargador is a masculine noun. To express the plural form 'phone chargers', you change the noun to cargadores de teléfono.
Did you know?
- Because cargador can mean a person who loads cargo or luggage, asking ¿Dónde está el cargador? in a shipping port might result in someone looking for a worker rather than a device.
- Because cargar means 'to load', saying your phone is cargando is conceptually closer to saying it is being 'loaded' with energy than 'charged'.
- The root of teléfono comes from the Ancient Greek words for 'far' and 'sound', meaning a device that carries sound from a distance.
Examples in context
- ¿Puedo usar tu cargador de teléfono, por favor?Can I use your phone charger, please?
- Gracias por prestarme el cargador de celularThank you for lending me the cellphone charger.
- ¿Tienes un cargador de teléfono de repuesto?Do you have a spare phone charger?
- Dejé el cargador en casaI left the charger at home.
- ¿Tienes un cargador de teléfono?Do you have a phone charger?
- Necesito un cargador de teléfono.I need a phone charger.
- ¿Dónde está mi cargador de teléfono?Where is my phone charger?
- Este cargador de teléfono es muy lento.This phone charger is very slow.
Example conversation
Lucía and Javier are at home and Lucía's battery is low.
- LucíaJavier, ¿tienes un cargador de teléfono?Javier, do you have a phone charger?
- JavierSí, lo tengo en mi mochila.Yes, I have it in my backpack.
- LucíaGracias, mi batería está casi vacía.Thanks, my battery is almost empty.
- JavierNo hay problema, Lucía.No problem, Lucía.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cargador, de, teléfono, CC BY-SA 4.0.
