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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)
- occupation, job
- profession
- Synonym: profissão
- employment
- Synonym: emprego
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ocupação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913