Kilo Lingo

/okuˈpaɾ/

Line drawing of ocupar
Coloured illustration of ocupar
#725 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to occupy, to take up

Word origin

From Latin occupare ('to seize, to take possession of'), from ob- ('over') and capere ('to take').

Origin
Latin
Root
occupare
English cognates
occupy, occupation, capture

Grammar

Verb type-ar regular

Conjugation

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yoocupoocupéocupabaocuparéocuparía
ocupasocupasteocupabasocuparásocuparías
él/ella/ud.ocupaocupóocupabaocuparáocuparía
nos.ocupamosocupamosocupábamosocuparemosocuparíamos
vos.ocupáisocupasteisocupabaisocuparéisocuparíais
ellos/uds.ocupanocuparonocupabanocuparánocuparían

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yoocupeocuparaocupase
ocupesocuparasocupases
él/ella/ud.ocupeocuparaocupase
nos.ocupemosocupáramosocupásemos
vos.ocupéisocuparaisocupaseis
ellos/uds.ocupenocuparanocupasen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
ocupa
ud.ocupe
nosotrosocupemos
vosotrosocupad
uds.ocupen

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
ocupando
Past participle
ocupado

Examples

.

This book takes up too much space on the table.

.

My father takes care of the children in the afternoon.

, .

Do not worry about that, I will do it myself.

.

Her sister occupies the back room.

.

I take care of dinner almost every day.

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 15.