ocupar
Spanish, verb/okuˈpaɾ/
ocupar is spelled O-C-U-P-A-R (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,231st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocupar is a Spanish verb meaning “to occupy (to take or use space)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abarcar el espacio disponible de un lugar”.
What does ocupar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to occupy (to take or use space)
- 2
to occupy (to fill or hold a position)
ocupar el puesto número ocho
- 3
to occupy, to take up (time or space)
- 4
to occupy, to reside in
- 5
to employ (to hire to work for a job)
- 6
Latin-Americato use
- 7
Mexicoto need
Ocupo ayuda.
- 8
to look after (to watch or protect a person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Abarcar el espacio disponible de un lugar. 2. Adueñarse de un lugar y permanecer en él. 3. Dedicarse a una tarea. 4. Emplear un objeto o un modo particular de hacer algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ocupar
- ocupo first-person present singular
- ocupé first-person preterite singular
- ocupado participle past
- ocupando gerund
- ocupada feminine participle past
- ocupados masculine participle past
- ocupadas feminine participle past
- ocupas indicative informal present
- ocupás indicative informal present
- ocupa indicative present singular
- ocupamos first-person indicative plural
- ocupáis indicative plural present
- ocupan indicative plural present
- ocupaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ocupabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ocupábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ocupabais imperfect indicative plural
- ocupaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ocupar?
- /okuˈpaɾ/
- [o.kuˈpaɾ]
- [okuˈpaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ocupar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ocupar in Spanish?
ocupar appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).