upar

Portuguese

Etymology

From English up ‎ -ar. Spelling pronunciation in verbs derived from English verbs is expected; compare baitar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈpa(ʁ)/ [uˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈpa(ʁ)/ [uˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /uˈpa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /uˈpa(ʁ)/ [uˈpa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈpa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈpaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈpaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈpa.ɾi/

Verb

upar (first-person singular present upo, first-person singular preterite upei, past participle upado)

1. (video games) to level up
2. (Brazil, Internet slang, transitive) to upload

Conjugation

    Conjugation of upar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	upar
Personal	upar	upares	upar	uparmos	upardes	uparem
Gerund
	upando
Past participle
Masculine	upado			upados
Feminine	upada			upadas
Indicative
Present	upo	upas	upa	upamos	upais	upam
Imperfect	upava	upavas	upava	upávamos	upáveis	upavam
Preterite	upei	upaste	upou	upamos1, upámos2	upastes	uparam
Pluperfect	upara	uparas	upara	upáramos	upáreis	uparam
Future	uparei	uparás	upará	uparemos	upareis	uparão
Conditional	uparia	uparias	uparia	uparíamos	uparíeis	upariam
Subjunctive
Present	upe	upes	upe	upemos	upeis	upem
Imperfect	upasse	upasses	upasse	upássemos	upásseis	upassem
Future	upar	upares	upar	uparmos	upardes	uparem
Imperative
Affirmative		upa	upe	upemos	upai	upem
Negative (não)		não upes	não upe	não upemos	não upeis	não upem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From ¡upa! ‎ -ar, the former of exclamatory origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈpaɾ/ [uˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: u‧par

Verb

upar (first-person singular present upo, first-person singular preterite upé, past participle upado)

1. (transitive) lift, raise

   Synonyms: levantar, aupar, alzar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of upar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			upar
gerund			upando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		upado		upada
		plural		upados		upadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	upo	upastú upásvos	upa	upamos	upáis	upan
	imperfect	upaba	upabas	upaba	upábamos	upabais	upaban
	preterite	upé	upaste	upó	upamos	upasteis	uparon
	future	uparé	uparás	upará	uparemos	uparéis	uparán
	conditional	uparía	uparías	uparía	uparíamos	uparíais	uparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	upe	upestú upésvos2	upe	upemos	upéis	upen
	imperfect (ra)	upara	uparas	upara	upáramos	uparais	uparan
	imperfect (se)	upase	upases	upase	upásemos	upaseis	upasen
	future1	upare	upares	upare	upáremos	upareis	uparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		upatú upávos	upe	upemos	upad	upen
	negative		no upes	no upe	no upemos	no upéis	no upen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “upar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10