Baggage is usually used with reference to baggage.
Gothic bagga led to French bague , which later became bagage . This term, which can be translated as “burden,” came to our language as baggage .
Baggage is the suitcases ( valijas ), bags and belongings that a person carries with them when they travel . For example: “I left home with my luggage on my back, ready to travel the world,” “As soon as we arrived in the city, we left the luggage at the hotel and went to the beach.” “María Laura doesn't like to travel with so much baggage.”
Baggage in the armed forces
The concept is also used to name the luggage that troops carry when they march and, by extension, the animal used to transport the members or the luggage of the army .
Continuing in the field of the armed forces, in ancient times the load that forced the inhabitants of Spanish towns to contribute to the army when it passed through their towns was called baggage. These neighbors, due to their baggage, had the obligation to make their horses and carts available to the troops to transport their luggage or even soldiers with health problems.
In the same way, we have to establish that at that time it was considered that neither the priests nor the nobles nor the mayor nor the tobacconists nor the relatives of the members of the Holy Inquisition were obligated to the baggage.
A person's intellectual background is formed by their knowledge, skills and abilities.
The concept linked to knowledge and experience
Baggage, on the other hand, is used in a symbolic sense to refer to the knowledge , skills , abilities or experience of an individual. In this case, the baggage is the “intellectual baggage” that a person carries: “I think Luciano is the ideal candidate for the position due to his enormous cultural baggage,” “He is a player who comes to our team with a very important baggage.” ” , “Playing this character gave me emotional baggage that I will always carry with me” .
Likewise, we cannot ignore the existence of what is known as professional baggage . This term refers not only to the qualifications that an individual may have but also to the work experience they have. Hence, this aforementioned background is essential when it comes to getting a job.
Yes, because companies will not hesitate to thoroughly analyze your resume to study the professional career you have up to that point. And based on that, it will determine whether or not they are the right person to occupy the job that is available.
emotional baggage
In the same way there is also what is known as emotional baggage . This is a term that is used to refer to the entire set of experiences that have been lived on a personal level and that come to condition current behavior. So, for example, a person who has suffered several heartbreaks because they have been unfaithful will have many problems being able to trust a new partner.
And the same applies, for example, with friendship. In this way, if someone has suffered because friends have lied to them or used them, they will have much more difficulty trusting other people again.