# ocupar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occupāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /okuˈpa(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Syllabification: o‧cu‧par

### Verb

ocupar
* (transitive) to occupy

#### Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

### References

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occupāre.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

ocupar (first-person singular present ocupo, first-person singular preterite ocupí, past participle ocupat)
* to occupy, to inhabit
* to fill, to take up (be in or hold a given place)
* to employ, to keep busy
* to occupy, to conquer
* (reflexive) to occupy oneself, to busy oneself

#### Derived terms

* desocupar
* ocupador
* ocupar-se

#### Related terms

* ocupació
* ocupant

### Further reading

* “ocupar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occupāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /o.kuˈpa(ʁ)/ [o.kuˈpa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /o.kuˈpa(ʁ)/ [o.kuˈpa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /o.kuˈpa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /o.kuˈpa(ʁ)/ [o.kuˈpa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /o.kuˈpa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.kuˈpaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.kuˈpaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.kuˈpa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: o‧cu‧par

### Verb

ocupar (first-person singular present ocupo, first-person singular preterite ocupei, past participle ocupado)
* to occupy (all senses)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* ocupação

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occupāre. Cognate with English occupy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /okuˈpaɾ/ [o.kuˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: o‧cu‧par

### Verb

ocupar (first-person singular present ocupo, first-person singular preterite ocupé, past participle ocupado)
* (transitive) to occupy (to take or use space)
* (transitive) to occupy (to fill or hold a position)
    ocupar el puesto número ocho ― to be in eighth place
* (transitive) to occupy, to take up (time or space)
* (transitive) to occupy, to reside in
* (transitive) to employ (to hire to work for a job)
    Synonym: emplear
* (transitive, Latin America) to use
    Synonyms: usar, utilizar, emplear
* (transitive, intransitive, Central America, Mexico) to need
    Synonym: necesitar
    Ocupo ayuda. ― I need help.
* (reflexive, with de) to look after (to watch or protect a person)
* (reflexive, with de) to take on (a responsibility)
    Synonym: encargarse

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* okupar

#### Related terms

* ocupa
* ocupación
* ocupante
* preocupar

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occupo, occupare. Compare Italian occupare.

### Verb

ocupar
* (transitive) to occupy

#### Conjugation

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