Nahrát

Nahrát is a Czech verb meaning to upload data to a server or to record audio or video onto a storage medium. In modern usage, its primary sense is transferring a file from a local device to an online service, for example nahraj soubor na server or nahraj video na YouTube. It can also mean to record something onto a medium. The imperfective counterpart is nahrávat, which describes ongoing or repeated uploading or recording.

Etymology and form: nahrát is a perfective form built from the prefix na- and the verb hrát (to play). The imperfective form is nahrávat. In present tense, imperfective forms are nahrávám, nahráváš, nahrává, nahráváme, nahráváte, nahrávají. The perfective future is expressed with the simple future: nahraju, nahraješ, nahraje, nahrajeme, nahrajete, nahrají. Past tense forms are nahrál, nahrála, nahrálo, with the appropriate auxiliary forms.

Usage notes: The verb is widely used in information technology and media contexts. It appears with digital platforms (nahrát na server, nahrát na cloud) and with recording contexts (nahrát záznam, nahrát koncert). A loanform, uploadovat, is also common in colloquial speech but nahrát remains the standard Czech term. Related nouns include nahrání (the act of uploading or recording) and nahrávací (relating to recording).

See also: nahrání, nahrávací.

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