Okupar means ‘to squat’ (in). It is a regular -ar verb: okupo (present), okupé (preterite), okupado (past participle), okupando (gerund).
Okupar in use
Unos jóvenes okuparon el antiguo cine del barrioSome young people squatted in the old local cinema
Han okupado el piso de al ladoSquatters have moved into the flat next door
Muchos propietarios temen que les okupen la casa mientras están de vacacionesMany owners are afraid squatters will move into their house while they're on holiday
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
Spain only: okupar, okupa and okupación (with k) are used for squatting in empty homes.
More tenses
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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