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/Sounds like "kahr" (as in "car") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "seh" (as in "set") + "AHL" (as in "art") + "goh" (as in "go")/

Meaning

In Spain, to break or completely wreck something that was working, whether an object, a project, or a situation. Can also mean to take someone out or end something permanently. Carries the sense of damage that is hard or impossible to undo.

Examples

Se cargó el móvil al tirarlo contra el suelo.

He wrecked his phone by throwing it on the floor.

Se cargó el proyecto entero con ese error que nadie revisó.

He destroyed the entire project with one mistake nobody caught.

Word family

In Mexico, a woman's word for her boyfriend or steady partner. It has nothing to do with age and everything to do with casual, street-flavored affection. Completely ordinary in everyday Mexican speech.