okupar
Spanish, verb/okuˈpaɾ/
okupar is a Spanish verb meaning “to squat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apropiarse de una vivienda o terreno deshabitado e instalarse allí sin el consentimiento de su propietario”.
What does okupar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Spainto squat
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apropiarse de una vivienda o terreno deshabitado e instalarse allí sin el consentimiento de su propietario.
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 okupar
- okupo first-person present singular
- okupé first-person preterite singular
- okupado participle past
- okupando gerund
- okupada feminine participle past
- okupados masculine participle past
- okupadas feminine participle past
- okupas indicative informal present
- okupás indicative informal present
- okupa indicative present singular
- okupamos first-person indicative plural
- okupáis indicative plural present
- okupan indicative plural present
- okupaba first-person imperfect indicative
- okupabas imperfect indicative second-person
- okupábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- okupabais imperfect indicative plural
- okupaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce okupar?
- /okuˈpaɾ/
- [o.kuˈpaɾ]
- [okuˈpaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is okupar in Spanish?
okupar appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).