ocupação

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin occupātiōnem. By surface analysis, ocupar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ku.paˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.ku.paˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.ku.pɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: o‧cu‧pa‧ção

Noun

ocupação f (plural ocupações)

  1. occupation, job
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Uma historia verdadeira [A true story]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 30:
      Determinou ter uma occupação, um officio, exercer um trabalho qualquer […]
      He set his sights on finding an occupation, a craft, performing any job at all […]
  2. profession
    Synonym: profissão
  3. employment
    Synonym: emprego

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ocupação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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