How to Say "put up" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “put up” is “subió” — B2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
Examples
Ella subió la foto a Instagram hace una hora.
She uploaded the photo to Instagram an hour ago.
Mi jefe subió el documento final a la nube.
My boss uploaded the final document to the cloud.
El canal de noticias subió el video completo del evento.
The news channel posted the full video of the event.
Modern Usage
This meaning is an example of how Spanish adapts to technology, using the simple concept of 'going up' to describe sending data to a server or the cloud.
Confusing 'Subir' and 'Cargar'
Mistake: “Usando 'cargó' para decir 'He uploaded a photo to Facebook'.”
Correction: While 'cargar' means 'to load/upload,' 'subir' is far more natural and common for social media and general file sharing.
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