ocupar

Borrowed from Latin occupāre.

• IPA^(key): /okuˈpa(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: o‧cu‧par
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

ocupar

1. (transitive) to occupy

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• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “ocupar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin occupāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.kuˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.kuˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.kuˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: o‧cu‧par

ocupar (first-person singular present ocupo, first-person singular preterite ocupí, past participle ocupat)

1. to occupy, to inhabit
2. to fill, to take up (be in or hold a given place)
3. to employ, to keep busy
4. to occupy, to conquer
5. (reflexive) to occupy oneself, to busy oneself

• desocupar
• ocupador
• ocupar-se

• ocupació
• ocupant

• “ocupar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ocupar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ocupar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ocupar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin occupāre.

• Hyphenation: o‧cu‧par

ocupar (first-person singular present ocupo, first-person singular preterite ocupei, past participle ocupado)

1. (transitive) to occupy (to be in possession of)
2. (transitive) to live in, to reside in
3. (transitive) to fill, to occupy
4. (transitive) to exercise, to perform
5. (transitive) to conquer, to invade
6. (transitive) to occupy, to preoccupy

• “ocupar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ocupar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ocupar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “ocupar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “ocupar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “ocupar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin occupāre. Cognate with English occupy.

• IPA^(key): /okuˈpaɾ/ [o.kuˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧cu‧par

ocupar (first-person singular present ocupo, first-person singular preterite ocupé, past participle ocupado)

1. (transitive) to occupy (to take or use space)
2. (transitive) to occupy (to fill or hold a position)

   ocupar el puesto número ocho ― to be in eighth place

3. (transitive) to occupy, to take up (time or space)
4. (transitive) to occupy, to reside in
5. (transitive) to employ (to hire to work for a job)

   Synonym: emplear

6. (transitive, Latin America) to use

   Synonyms: usar, utilizar, emplear

7. (transitive, intransitive, Central America, Mexico) to need

   Synonym: necesitar

   Ocupo ayuda. ― I need help.

8. (reflexive, with de) to look after (to watch or protect a person)
9. (reflexive, with de) to take on (a responsibility)

   Synonym: encargarse

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

Borrowed from Latin occupo, occupare. Compare Italian occupare.

ocupar

1. (transitive) to occupy

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.