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ocupación

occupation

noun oh-koo-pah-SYOHN Less Common

Also means

seizure

Usage Note

Ocupación covers both a person's job or trade (¿cuál es su ocupación?) and the act of occupying a space or territory (la ocupación de un edificio). The verb is ocupar and the adjective ocupado means busy or engaged. A common false friend: English 'occupation' in a survey form asking for your job is profesión or oficio in more natural Spanish.

Examples

"Su ocupación principal es la enseñanza."

Natural Translation

Her main occupation is teaching.

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