ocupar

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

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): (Valencian) [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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ocupar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Borrowed from Latin occupāre.

• Hyphenation: o‧cu‧par

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

1. to occupy (all senses)

• ocupação

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Latin occupo, occupare. Compare Italian occupare.

ocupar

1. (transitive) to occupy

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