Occupy In Tagalog – English To Tagalog Translations
OCCUPY IN TAGALOG – Here is another word in the English language that we are going to translate in the Filipino language.
The English word that we are going to translate is “occupy“. We must first know its definition in the dictionary.
Definition
The term occupy is a verb with three definitions:
- reside or have one’s place of business in (a building).
- fill or take up (a space or time)
- be situated in or at (a place or position in a system or hierarchy)
- hold (a position or job)
- fill or preoccupy (the mind or thoughts)
- keep (someone) busy and active
- take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement
- enter, take control of, and stay in (a building) illegally and often forcibly, especially as a form of protest
It is synonymous with the following terms:
- inhabited
- tenanted
- settled
- engage
- busy
- employ
- capture
- seize
- conquer
Translation
Its translation, among others, include the following:
- sumakop
- maghawak
- sakupin
- umokupa
- okupahan
- hawakan
- gamitin
- tirahan
- humawak
- sumaklaw
- lumuklok
- tumira
- saklawin
- maging okupado
- manungkulan
Examples
English
You can occupy this place here.
Translation
Pwede mong sakupin ang lugar na ito.
English
My friend occupy the house right there
Translation
Tumira ang kaibigan ko sa bahay doon.
English
The birds have occupied the skies
Translation
Lumuklok ang mga iban sa langit.
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