ocupação

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin occupātiōnem. By surface analysis, ocupar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: o‧cu‧pa‧ção

Noun

ocupação f (plural ocupações)

  1. occupation, job
  2. profession
    Synonym: profissão
  3. employment
    Synonym: emprego

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ocupação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913