occupy in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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occupy <occupies occupying occupied> [Am ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ, Brit ˈɒkjʊpʌɪ] VB trans

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3. occupy:

occupy space/attention
ocupar
occupy time
llevar
occupy time
ocupar
the meeting occupied the entire day
la reunión les (or nos etc.) llevó or ocupó todo el día
it doesn't occupy much space
no ocupa mucho espacio
it's important to keep your mind occupied
es importante mantener la mente ocupada
she was occupied with her accounts
estaba ocupada con sus cuentas
to keep sb occupied
mantener a alguien ocupado
that should keep them occupied!
¡eso los mantendrá ocupados!
writing that letter kept me occupied all afternoon
escribir esa carta me tuvo ocupada toda la tarde
to occupy oneself
ocupar el tiempo
to occupy oneself
entretenerse
I occupied myself by reading a newspaper
ocupé el tiempo or me entretuve leyendo un periódico

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occupy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for occupy in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

occupy [ˈɒkjʊpaɪ, Am ˈɑ:kju:-] VB trans -ie-

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poseer una importante posición social
to occupy an important position in society
ocupar
to occupy
ocupar una de las primeras posiciones
to occupy one of the top positions

occupy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to occupy space
ocupar espacio
to occupy oneself
entretenerse
to occupy a post
ocupar un cargo
to occupy one of the top positions
ocupar una de las primeras posiciones
to occupy an important position in society
poseer una importante posición social
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When the tags are made visible in the editor, however, they occupy space in the unformatted text and so disrupt the desired layout and flow.
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Males usually take dominance of an area on the ground, although they sometimes they occupy middle strata in forests.
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In order to forestall this, it would be necessary to occupy Tunisia as quickly as possible after the landings were made.
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The women occupy the centre mid-ground of the painting and are lit from high above the left hand of the canvas, presumably by the moon.
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The pharynx connects, via a short oesophagus, to one or two blind-ending caeca, which occupy most of the length of the body.
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Some Panamanian women occupy high positions in the field of the professions, education, and government service.
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The certificate holder has the other rights of owners -- the rights to use and occupy the land and reap the financial benefit from rent or resource use.
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Half hidden, the hunters occupy an ambiguous position, and it is uncertain whether the line above them denotes the horizon or a fog bank.
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However, just as he is getting the food, two people suddenly occupy his table.
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If ligands donate multiple pairs of electrons, they will occupy multiple coordination sites.
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