busy

∗ ≈

ocupado

∗ adjective

busy
[?b?z?]
adjetivo
1 ocupado(a) (person) ; ajetreado(a) (day, week)
  • to be busy -> estar ocupado(a); (person) ser ajetreado(a) (day, week)
  • to be busy doing something -> estar haciendo algo
  • the train was very busy -> el tren iba muy lleno
  • a busy road -> una carretera con mucho tráfico
2 ocupado(a) (telephone line) (Estados Unidos)
  • the line is busy -> (el teléfono) da ocupado , (el teléfono) está comunicando (español de España)
verbo transitivo
también:
  • to busy oneself with something -> entretenerse con algo

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busy [bi-si]
adjetivo
1 Ocupado, aplicado o empleado en alguna cosa (person/ occupied).
  • The children keep me very busy -> los niños me tienen muy atareada, o me dan mucho que hacer
  • To get busy -> ponerse a trabajar
  • I was busy writing a letter -> estaba ocupada escribiendo una carta
2 Bullicioso, entremetido.
  • I’ve had a busy day -> he tenido un día de mucho trabajo
  • I’ve a busy schedule -> tengo un programa muy apretado
  • A busy road -> una carretera con mucho tráfico o muy transitada
3 Ocupado, comunicando. (Telecomunicaciones)
Concurrido, de mucho movimiento (street, market).
verbo
  • To busy oneself -> ponerse a
  • To busy oneself with something -> entretenerse con algo

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busy [ˈbɪzɪ]
adjective
busier (comparative)busiest (superlative)
1 [+person] ocupado
are you busy? ¿está ocupado?; he's a busy man es un hombre muy ocupado; to be busy doing sth estar ocupado haciendo algo; she's busy studying/cooking está ocupada estudiando/cocinando; to be busy at on withoror estar ocupado en con;or he's busy at his work está ocupado en su trabajo; to get busy empezar a trabajar; (hurry) menearse; darse prisa; let's get busy ¡a trabajar!; to keep busy mantenerse ocupado; to keep sb busy ocupar a algn
as busy as a bee ocupadísimo; atareadísimo
2 [+day, time] activo; ajetreado
the busiest season is the autumn la época de mayor actividad es el otoño
3 [+place, town] concurrido; [+scene] animado; lleno de movimiento
4 [+telephone, line] comunicando; ocupado
verb:transitive
to busy o.s. with/doing sth ocuparse con/en hacer algo
modifier
Busy Lizzie (n) (Bot) alegría de la casa; (f)
busy signal (n) especially (US) (Telec) señal de comunicando; (f) tono (de) ocupado; (m)

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Verb Conjugation for "busy"

Imperative
  • busy
  • you busy
  • he/she busies
  • we busy
  • you busy
  • they busy
Preterite
  • I busied
  • you busied
  • he/she busied
  • we busied
  • you busied
  • they busied
Present Continuous
  • I am busying
  • you are busying
  • he/she is busying
  • we are busying
  • you are busying
  • they are busying
Present Perfect
  • I have busied
  • you have busied
  • he/she has busied
  • we have busied
  • you have busied
  • they have busied
Past Continuous
  • I was busying
  • you were busying
  • he/she was busying
  • we were busying
  • you were busying
  • they were busying
Past Perfect
  • I had busied
  • you had busied
  • he/she had busied
  • we had busied
  • you had busied
  • they had busied
Future
  • I will busy
  • you will busy
  • he/she will busy
  • we will busy
  • you will busy
  • they will busy
Future Perfect
  • I will have busied
  • you will have busied
  • he/she will have busied
  • we will have busied
  • you will have busied
  • they will have busied
Future Continuous
  • I will be busying
  • you will be busying
  • he/she will be busying
  • we will be busying
  • you will be busying
  • they will be busying
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been busying
  • you have been busying
  • he/she has been busying
  • we have been busying
  • you have been busying
  • they have been busying
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been busying
  • you will have been busying
  • he/she will have been busying
  • we will have been busying
  • you will have been busying
  • they will have been busying
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been busying
  • you had been busying
  • he/she had been busying
  • we had been busying
  • you had been busying
  • they had been busying
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