okupar

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ocupar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin occupāre, present active infinitive of occupō.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o‧ku‧par

Verb

okupar

1. To occupy.
2. To move in.

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Ido

Verb

okupar (present tense okupas, past tense okupis, future tense okupos, imperative okupez, conditional okupus)

1. (transitive) to occupy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of okupar

		present		past		future
infinitive		okupar		okupir		okupor
tense		okupas		okupis		okupos
conditional		okupus
imperative		okupez
adjective active participle		okupanta		okupinta		okuponta
adverbial active participle		okupante		okupinte		okuponte
nominal active participle	singular	okupanto		okupinto		okuponto
	plural	okupanti		okupinti		okuponti
adjective passive participle		okupata		okupita		okupota
adverbial passive participle		okupate		okupite		okupote
nominal passive participle	singular	okupato		okupito		okupoto
	plural	okupati		okupiti		okupoti

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Spanish

Etymology

From ocupar (“to occupy”), intentionally misspelled with a K, letter that reflects a willingness to transgress orthographic rules.

Verb

1. (slang, Spain) to squat

Usage notes

okupar is intentionally misspelled to emphasize its difference from ocupar; ocupar simply referring to the occupation of a residence (compare occupy) and okupar referring to the occupation of an abandoned, uninhabited, or unused residence without seeking permission from the owner (squat). However, the word is fairly nuanced and is not totally synonymous with squat (see Squatting § Spain as well as Movimiento okupa).

It is virtually the only Spanish verb containing a K (as K is not native to Spanish). The Diccionario de la Real Academia Española officially recognizes okupar as well okupa while noting that the misspelling is questionable.

See also

• okupa
• okupación
• okupado

Further reading

• Movimiento okupa on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es