No. 2,383 in Catalan
ocupar
To take up, occupy, or fill a space or position.
In a sentence
Els meus veïns ocuparan l'apartament de la primera planta.
My neighbors will occupy the apartment on the first floor.
In this sentence, 'ocuparan' represents future tense and signifies taking residence in a physical space.
Aquest llibre m'ocupava bona part del temps lliure.
This book occupied a good part of my free time.
Here, 'ocupava' is in past tense and indicates something taking up time.
La seva tasca és ocupar-se dels problemes tècnics.
Their task is to deal with the technical problems.
'Ocupar-se' here is a reflexive verb form used to express taking responsibility for or addressing something.
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