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off·load or off-load  (ôfld, f-)

v. off·load·ed or off-load·ed, off·load·ing or off-load·ing, off·loads or off-loads

v.tr.

1. To unload (a vehicle or container).

2. Computer Science To transfer (data) to a peripheral device.

3. Slang To get rid of and pass on to another: "He does come close to offloading some of the blame for the launch on . . . the dear old media" (Meg Greenfield).

v.intr.

To unload a vehicle or container.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	offload - transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
	2.	offload - take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van" unlade, unload empty - remove; "Empty the water"

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offload

verb

1. get rid of, shift, dump, dispose of, unload, dispense with, jettison, foist, see the back of, palm off Prices have been cut by developers anxious to offload unsold apartments.

2. unload, take off, transfer, dump, discharge, jettison, unpack, unship, unlade The cargo was offloaded in Singapore three days later.

Translations

offload [ˈɒfləʊd] VT

1. [+ goods] → descargar; [+ passengers] → desembarcar, hacer bajar

2. (= get rid of) → librarse de