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ocupado

Portuguese, adjective/o.kuˈpa.du/

ocupado is spelled O-C-U-P-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,755th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocupado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “busy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ocupar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tomado”.

What does ocupado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    busy

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of ocupar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. tomado 2. absorto 3. com muito trabalho 4. grávido

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ocupado

  • ocupada feminine
  • ocupados masculine plural
  • ocupadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ocupado?

  • Brazil /o.kuˈpa.du/
  • Portugal /ɔ.kuˈpa.du/
  • Portugal [ɔ.kuˈpa.ðu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ocupado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ocupado in Portuguese?

ocupado appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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