Learn Spanish (Latin America): Cargué el impuesto a la tarjeta.

Cargué el impuesto a la tarjeta.

I charged the tax to the card.

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Questions & Answers about Cargué el impuesto a la tarjeta.

Why is it cargué instead of cargé?

It comes from the verb cargar (to charge). To keep the hard 'g' sound from the original verb when adding the -é ending for the yo form in the preterite (past) tense, the spelling must change to -gué. If we wrote cargé, the 'g' before the 'e' would sound like a soft, breathy English 'h'.

Do I pronounce the 'u' in cargué?

No, the 'u' is completely silent. In Spanish, the gu combination before an e or i is just a spelling tool used to force a hard 'g' sound (like in 'guitar'). So, cargué is pronounced 'car-GAY'.

Can I use cargar for charging my phone, too?

Yes! The verb cargar basically means 'to load' or 'to charge'. You can use it for charging an expense to a bank card, charging an electronic device like a phone battery, or even loading heavy boxes into a truck.

Why do we use the preposition a in a la tarjeta instead of en?

Just like in English where we say we charge a cost to a card, Spanish uses a (to) for this specific action. You are directing the charge to the account, rather than placing it physically on or inside the card, which is why we don't use en (in/on).