English-Spanish Dictionary
Spanish Translation of “occupy”
occupy (ˈɒkjʊpaɪ
)
Translations
transitive verb
-
- [+ house]
habitar
,vivir en
- [+ office, seat]
ocupar
is this seat occupied?
¿está ocupado este asiento?
- [+ house]
- (military, etc.
ocupar
⇒in occupied France
en la Francia ocupada (por los alemanes)
- [+ post, position]
ocupar
- (= take up, fill)
- [+ space, time]
ocupar
this job occupies all my time
este trabajo me ocupa or absorbe todo el tiempo
⇒he is occupied in research
se dedica a la investigación
- [+ space, time]
- (= keep busy)
ocupar
⇒to be occupied with sth/in doing sth
estar ocupado con algo/haciendo algo
⇒he is very occupied at the moment
está muy ocupado en este momento
⇒she occupies herself by knitting
se entretiene haciendo punto
- (US, telecommunications) ⇒
to be occupied
estar comunicando
Similar Words
= inhabit, own, live in, stay in, be established in, dwell in, be in residence in, establish yourself in, ensconce yourself in, tenant, reside in, lodge in, take up residence in, make your home, abide in,
= invade, take over, capture, seize, conquer, keep, hold, garrison, overrun, annex, take possession of, colonize, cybersquat,
'occupy' in Other Languages
- Arabic: يَحْتَلُّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: ocupar
- Chinese: 占领
- Croatian: zauzeti
- Czech: obývat
- Danish: besætte
- Dutch: gebruikenveroveren
- European Spanish: ocupar
- Finnish: asua
- French: occuper
- German: bewohnen
- Greek: καταλαμβάνω
- Italian: occupare
- Japanese: 占める
- Korean: 점유하다
- Norwegian: bebo
- Polish: okupić okupować
- Portuguese: ocupar
- Romanian: a locui
- Russian: заниматьтерриторию
- Spanish: ocupar
- Swedish: ockupera
- Thai: อาศัยอยู่ใน
- Turkish: oturmakbelli bir adreste
- Ukrainian: орендувати
- Vietnamese: sống
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