upload

See also: Upload

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ load.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /əpˈləʊd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpˌloʊd/, /əpˈloʊd/
• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpˌləʊd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpˌloʊd/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

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

• 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)
• → Swedish: ladda upp (calque)
• → Welsh: llwytho i fyny (calque)

Translations

to transfer data

• 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)

• 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)
• Irish: uaslódáil, lódáil suas
• Italian: caricare (it)
• Japanese: アップロードする (ja) (appurōdo suru)
• Kapampangan: lulan
• Khiamniungan Naga: tāuthíu
• Korean: 업로드하다 (eopnodeuhada), 올리다 (ko) (ollida)
• Lingala: kotiya nkasa
• Macedonian: подига (podiga)
• Malay: muat naik
• Polish: przesyłać (pl), wysyłać (pl), wgrywać, ładować (pl), wrzucać (pl) (colloquial)
• 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)
• Sanskrit: उपारोपण n (upāropaṇa)
• Scottish Gaelic: luchdaich a-nìos
• Serbo-Croatian:

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

• Slovak: nahrať pf, odovzdať pf, poslať pf, odoslať pf
• Spanish: subir (es), colgar (es)
• Swedish: ladda upp (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• 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

• 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)
• Greek: ανέβασμα (el) n (anévasma), αναφόρτωση f (anafórtosi)
• Hindi: उपारोपण m (upāropaṇ)
• Hungarian: feltöltés (hu)
• Icelandic: upphal n
• 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)
• Sanskrit: उपारोपण n (upāropaṇa)
• Spanish: subida (es) f
• Swedish: uppladdning (sv) c
• 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

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

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