ocupación
/okupaˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f
occupation
💼 ocupación = occupy + -ción: the state of occupying a space, post, or time
From Latin occupatio, from occupare 'to seize'. Spanish ocupación keeps all three senses: holding a place, an army controlling a region, and the work that takes up your time. The English cognate occupation is nearly identical, with the same -ción to -tion ending shift.