upload

See also: Upload

English

Etymology

From up- + load.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʌpˈləʊd/

    • Audio (Southern England):

      (file)

  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpˌloʊd/, /əpˈloʊd/
  • (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˌʊpˈləʊd/, [ˌʊpˈloːd], [ˌʊpˈlɔʊd]
  • (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌɐpˈləʉd/
  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɐpˈlɐʉd/
  • (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌʌpˈlod/
  • (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA^(key): /ˌʌpˈloːd/
• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpˌləʊd/

    • Audio (Southern England):

      (file)

  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpˌloʊd/

    • Audio (US):

      (file)

  • (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈʊplˌəʊd/, [ˈʊpˌloːd] ~ [ˈʊpˌlɔʊd]
  • (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈɐpˌləʉd/
  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɐpˌlɐʉd/
  • (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpˌlod/
  • (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpˌloːd/

Verb

upload (third-person singular simple present uploads, present participle uploading, simple past and past participle uploaded)

1. (transitive, intransitive, computing) To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.

   Antonym: download

   You will have to convert your photograph to a jpg format if you wish to upload it.

2. (Canada) To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a higher level of government.
   • 2022, Dakota Brasier, “Mayor John Tory's pitch to have province take over Toronto highways shot down”, in CBC:

     Our government will not be uploading the DVP or Gardiner Expressway and will not be imposing any new tolls on any roads in Ontario.

Derived terms

• mupload
• reupload
• uploadability
• uploadable
• uploader
• UL, ul, u/l, U/L (abbreviation)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Chinese: 上載 / 上载 (calque)
• → Danish: uploade
• → Dutch: uploaden
• → German: uploaden; hochladen (calque)
• → Greek: αναφορτώνω (anafortóno) (calque)
• → Icelandic: hlaða upp (calque)
• → Indonesian: aplod
• → Irish: uaslódáil, lódáil suas (calque)
• → Japanese: アップロード (appurōdo)
• → Malay: muat naik (calque)
• → Portuguese: upload
• → Scottish Gaelic: luchdaich a-nìos (calque)
• → Slovak: uploadnúť
• → Swedish: ladda upp (calque)
• → Thai: อัปโหลด (áp-lòot)
• → Welsh: llwytho i fyny (calque)

Translations

to transfer data — see also post

• Arabic: حَمّل (ar) (ḥammal)
• Azerbaijani: yükləmək (az)
• Belarusian: запампава́ць pf (zapampavácʹ), запампо́ўваць impf (zapampówvacʹ)
• Bulgarian: ка́чвам (bg) impf (káčvam), кача́ (bg) pf (kačá)
• Catalan: carregar (ca), pujar (ca), penjar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 上載 / 上载 (soeng⁶ zoi³), 上傳 / 上传 (soeng⁶ cyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 上載 / 上载 (zh) (shàngzài), 上傳 / 上传 (zh) (shàngchuán)

  Min Nan: ap-lóo, 傳起去 / 传起去

• Cornish: ughkarga
• Czech: nahrát (cs)
• Danish: uploade
• Dutch: uploaden (nl)
• Esperanto: alŝuti, enretigi
• Finnish: ladata tiedosto, ladata (fi), siirtää palvelimelle; upata (fi) (slang)
• French: téléverser (fr), télécharger (fr)
• Galician: subir (gl)
• Georgian: ატვირთვა (aṭvirtva), ატვირთავს (aṭvirtavs)
• German: hochladen (de), uploaden (de)
• Greek: ανεβάζω (el) (anevázo), αναφορτώνω (anafortóno)
• Gujarati: ચઢાવવું (caḍhāvvũ)
• Hindi: चढ़ाना (hi) (caṛhānā), उपारोपण m (upāropaṇ)
• Hungarian: feltölt (hu)
• Icelandic: upphala, hlaða upp
• Indonesian: unggah (id), naik (id)
• Irish: uaslódáil, lódáil suas
• Italian: caricare (it)
• Japanese: アップロードする (ja) (appurōdo suru)
• Kapampangan: lulan
• Korean: 업로드하다 (eopnodeuhada), 올리다 (ko) (ollida)
• Lingala: kotiya nkasa
• Macedonian: подига (podiga)
• Malay: muat naik
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: tāuthíu

• Polish: przesyłać (pl), wysyłać (pl), wgrywać, ładować (pl), wrzucać (pl) (colloquial), uploadować impf
• Portuguese: carregar (pt), fazer (um) upload, enviar (pt), hospedar (pt)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਚਾੜ੍ਹਨਾ (cāṛhnā), ਚੜ੍ਹਾਣਾ (caṛhāṇā)

  Shahmukhi: چاڑھنا (cāṛhnā), چَڑھاݨا (caṛhāṇā)

• Romanian: încărca (ro)
• Russian: зака́чивать (ru) impf (zakáčivatʹ), закача́ть (ru) pf (zakačátʹ), вка́чивать (ru) impf (vkáčivatʹ), вкача́ть (ru) pf (vkačátʹ), загружа́ть (ru) impf (zagružátʹ), загрузи́ть (ru) pf (zagruzítʹ), залива́ть (ru) impf (zalivátʹ), зали́ть (ru) pf (zalítʹ) (colloquial)
• Sanskrit: उपारोपण n (upāropaṇa)
• Scottish Gaelic: luchdaich a-nìos
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: prenositi (sh), transferirati, otpremiti (sh), poslati (sh), postaviti (sh), izbaciti (sh)

• Slovak: nahrať pf, odovzdať pf, poslať pf, odoslať pf
• Spanish: subir (es), cargar (es), subir cibernéticamente, cibersubir
• Swedish: ladda upp (sv)
• Tamil: அப்லோட் பண்ணு (aplōṭ paṇṇu), பதிவேற்று (pativēṟṟu)
• Thai: อัปโหลด (áp-lòot)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: заванта́жувати impf (zavantážuvaty), заванта́жити pf (zavantážyty)
• Urdu: چَڑْھانا (caṛhānā)
• Vietnamese: tải lên
• Walloon: eberweter (wa)
• Welsh: llwytho i fyny, llwytho lan

Noun

upload (plural uploads)

1. Such a file transfer.

Antonyms

• download

Derived terms

• UL, ul, u/l, U/L (abbreviation)
• reupload

Translations

file transfer — see also post

• Arabic: تَحْمٍيْل (taḥmīl)
• Catalan: pujada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上傳 / 上传 (zh) (shàngchuán)

• Cornish: ughkarg m
• Esperanto: alŝuto
• Finnish: tiedoston lataus; uppaus (nerd speak)
• French: envoi (fr), téléversement (fr) m
• Galician: subida f
• Georgian: ატვირთვა (aṭvirtva)
• German: Upload (de) m
• Greek: ανέβασμα (el) n (anévasma), αναφόρτωση f (anafórtosi)
• Hindi: उपारोपण m (upāropaṇ)
• Hungarian: feltöltés (hu)
• Icelandic: upphal n
• Indonesian: unggah (id)
• Irish: uaslódáil f
• Italian: upload (it) m, caricamento (it) m
• Japanese: アップロード (ja) (appurōdo)
• Kapampangan: lulan
• Khmer: ផ្ទុកឡើង (phtuklaəng)
• Korean: 업로드 (eopnodeu), 올리기 (ko) (olligi)
• Macedonian: подигање n (podiganje)
• Malay: muat naik
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بارْگُذاری (bârgozâri)

• Portuguese: carregamento (pt), upload (pt) m
• Russian: зака́чивание (ru) n (zakáčivanije), зака́чка (ru) f (zakáčka), загру́зка (ru) f (zagrúzka), зали́вка (ru) f (zalívka) (colloquial)
• Sanskrit: उपारोपण n (upāropaṇa)
• Spanish: subida (es) f, carga (es) f, subimiento cibernético m, cibersubimiento m
• Swedish: uppladdning (sv) c
• Tamil: அப்லோட் (aplōṭ), பதிவேற்றம் (pativēṟṟam)
• Ukrainian: заванта́ження n (zavantážennja)
• Vietnamese: truyền lên
• Walloon: eberwetaedje (wa) m

Anagrams

• load up

Chinese

Etymology

From English upload.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ap¹ lou¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ap¹ lou¹
    • Yale: āp lōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ap⁷ lou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: eb¹ lou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐp̚⁵ lou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

upload

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) to upload

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 上載 (“to upload”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		上載, 上傳
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	上傳
Cantonese	Hong Kong	上載, upload, up
Southern Min	Taipei	ap-lóo, 傳起去, 上傳

See also

• download (daan1 lou1), down (daan1)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏp.loːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: up‧load

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English upload.

Noun

upload m (plural uploads, diminutive uploadje n)

1. upload (file transfer)

Related terms

• uploaden

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

upload

1. inflection of uploaden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

English up-

English load

English uploadubor.

Portuguese upload

Unadapted borrowing from English upload.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌupiˈlowd͡ʒ(i)/

Noun

upload m (plural uploads)

1. upload (file transfer to central storage)

   Synonym: carregamento

Further reading

• “upload”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “upload”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026