okupa

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See also: okupá

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish okupa.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

okupa f (plural okupas)

  1. (slang) squat
    Synonym: ocupação
    • 2017 November 7, Zita Moura, “Okupas: uma história que se escreve a cada dia”, in mapa‎:
      Das 150 okupas que Portugal conheceu desde 1993, é-lhe difícil apontar as que terão sido mais relevantes na história, mas acredita que “os casos mais paradigmáticos foram os que queriam mudança social”, e enumera alguns: a Casa Reciclada, a Casa de Cascais, a Zarabatana (Queluz), a Kasa Enkantada em Lisboa, a Fontinha, a C.O.S.A. (Setúbal)
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Noun

okupa m or f by sense (plural okupas)

  1. (slang) squatter
    • 2010 November 26, Inês Banha, “'Okupas' despejados lutam por casas devolutas”, in Diario de Noticias‎:
      Tudo começou na passada quarta-feira, quando o grupo Matéria Bruta ocupou o imóvel propriedade da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (CML), alegando que esta lhe cedera o espaço. Contactada pelo DN, a vereadora Helena Roseta, responsável pelo pelouro da Habitação da CML, negou que a autarquia tivesse cedido o prédio aos okupas, embora tenha reconhecido que existiu um pedido por parte da associação.
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Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

okupa (Cyrillic spelling окупа)

  1. genitive singular of okup

Spanish

símbolo okupa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈkupa/
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Syllabification: o‧ku‧pa

Etymology 1

Shortening of ocupante, intentionally misspelled with a K, letter that reflects a willingness to transgress orthographic rules.

Noun

okupa m or f by sense (plural okupas)

  1. (slang, Spain) squatter
    • 2020 July 10, “El PP acusa al PSOE de querer “cargarse la Monarquía y dar la independencia a Cataluña y Euskadi””, in El País‎:
      “No puede ser que las víctimas sean los okupas y los culpables los propietarios. Los okupas campan a sus anchas. ¿Pero a dónde hemos llegado en esta tierra, que no podemos salir de fin de semana, de supermercado, al cine o a dar paseo sin miedo a que vengan a tu casa?”.
      “It cannot be that the victims are the squatters and the owners are to blame. The squatters roam freely. But where have we come to in this country that we cannot go out for the weekend, to the supermarket, to the movies or for a walk without fearing that they will come to your house?
Usage notes
Descendants
  • → Portuguese: okupa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

okupa

  1. inflection of okupar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ocupar.

Pronunciation

Noun

okupá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃᜓᜉ)

  1. act of occupying or residing (in a place)
    Synonyms: pagtira, pagtahan
  2. act of occupying by seizure or conquest
    Synonym: pagsakop
  3. act of occupying or filling (a space, container, mind, etc.)

Derived terms

References

  • “okupa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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