noun, masculine/montaˈkaɾɡas/plural: montacargas
service lift, goods lift, cargo lift; (US) freight elevator, goods elevator, service elevator, cargo elevator (a lift designed to carry heavy goods in a place of business); forklift, lift truck, jitney, fork truck (a small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved)
Synonyms: carretilla elevadora, grúa horquilla, toro, mula
Verb-object compound, composed of monta (“to lift (originally)”) + cargas (“loads”). Calque of French monte-charge.