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2 to busy oneself doing something
ocuparse en hacer algoEnglish-spanish dictionary > to busy oneself doing something
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1. adjective1) (having a lot (of work etc) to do: I am very busy.) ocupado2) (full of traffic, people, activity etc: The roads are busy; a busy time of year.) concurrido3) ((especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged: All the lines to New York are busy.) ocupado
2. verb((sometimes with with) to occupy (oneself) with: She busied herself preparing the meal.) ocuparse- busilybusy adj1. ocupado2. ajetreado3. concurrido / transitadoEn inglés americano se dice the line is busy si el teléfono comunica; en inglés británico se diría the phone is engagedtr['bɪzɪ]1 (person) ocupado,-a, atareado,-a2 (street, place) concurrido,-a3 (day) ajetreado,-a4 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (telephone) comunicando\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto busy oneself doing something ocuparse en hacer algoto be busy doing something estar ocupado,-a en hacer algoto be as busy as a bee estar que no para, estar muy ocupado,-ato keep oneself busy mantenerse ocupado,-ato keep somebody busy mantener ocupado,-a alguienbusy Lizzie SMALLBOTANY/SMALL alegría de la casato busy oneself with : ocuparse con, ponerse a, entretenerse con1) occupied: ocupado, atareadohe's busy working: está ocupado en su trabajothe telephone was busy: el teléfono estaba ocupado2) bustling: concurrido, animadoa busy street: una calle concurrida, una calle con mucho tránsiton.• comunicando (Teléfono) (•Teléfono•) s.m.adj.• acompañado, -a adj.• activo, -a adj.• ajetreado, -a adj.• atareado, -a adj.• entrometido, -a adj.• ocupado (Teléfono) adj.• pasajero, -a adj.• trabajado, -a adj.v.• ocupar v.
I 'bɪziadjective busier, busiestthe children keep me very busy — los niños me tienen muy atareada or me dan mucho que hacer
to get busy — ponerse* a trabajar
2) <street/market> concurrido, de mucho movimientoa busy road — una carretera con mucho tráfico or muy transitada
3) ( Telec) ocupado (AmL), comunicando (Esp)
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reflexive verb busies, busying, busiedto busy oneself -ing — ponerse* a + inf
['bɪzɪ]to busy oneself with something — entretenerse* con algo
1. ADJ(compar busier) (superl busiest)1) [person] ocupadoare you busy? — ¿está ocupado?
she's busy studying/cooking — está ocupada estudiando/cocinando
to be busy at or on or with — estar ocupado en or con
to get busy — empezar a trabajar; (=hurry) menearse, darse prisa
let's get busy — ¡a trabajar!
2) [day, time] activo, ajetreado3) [place, town] concurrido; [scene] animado, lleno de movimiento4) [telephone, line] comunicando, ocupado2.VTto busy o.s. with/doing sth — ocuparse con/en hacer algo
3.CPDBusy Lizzie N — (Bot) alegría f de la casa
busy signal N — (esp US) (Telec) señal f de comunicando, tono m (de) ocupado
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I ['bɪzi]adjective busier, busiestthe children keep me very busy — los niños me tienen muy atareada or me dan mucho que hacer
to get busy — ponerse* a trabajar
2) <street/market> concurrido, de mucho movimientoa busy road — una carretera con mucho tráfico or muy transitada
3) ( Telec) ocupado (AmL), comunicando (Esp)
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reflexive verb busies, busying, busiedto busy oneself -ing — ponerse* a + inf
to busy oneself with something — entretenerse* con algo
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1. adjective1) (occupied) beschäftigtbe busy at or with something — mit etwas beschäftigt sein
he was busy packing — er war mit Packen beschäftigt od. war gerade beim Packen
2) (full of activity) arbeitsreich [Leben]; ziemlich hektisch [Zeit]; belebt [Stadt]; ausgelastet [Person]; rege [Verkehr]a busy road — eine verkehrsreiche od. viel befahrene Straße
the office was busy all day — im Büro war den ganzen Tag viel los
I'm/he's a busy man — ich habe/er hat viel zu tun
3) (Amer. Teleph.) besetzt2. reflexive verbbusy oneself [in] doing something — sich damit beschäftigen, etwas zu tun
* * *['bizi] 1. adjective3) ((especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged: All the lines to New York are busy.) besetzt2. verb((sometimes with with) to occupy( oneself) with: She busied herself preparing the meal.) sich beschäftigen mit- academic.ru/84998/busily">busily* * *[ˈbɪzi]I. adj1. (occupied) beschäftigtare you \busy? haben Sie einen Moment Zeit?I'm very \busy this week ich habe diese Woche viel zu tunto keep oneself/sb \busy with sth sich/jdn mit etw dat beschäftigenI'll keep myself \busy with a magazine while I wait ich werde mir die Zeit, während ich warte, mit einer Illustrierten vertreibenhe keeps himself \busy by building a model train set in his free time er verbringt seine Freizeit mit dem Bau einer Modelleisenbahn2. (active) day arbeitsreich; life bewegt, ereignisreich; intersection, street viel befahren, verkehrsreich; seaport stark frequentiert geh, umschlagstark; shop stark besucht [o geh frequentiert]I've had a \busy day ich hatte heute viel zu tunDecember is the busiest time of the year der Dezember ist die Jahreszeit, in der am meisten los istthe line is \busy die Leitung ist besetzt5.▶ to be [as] \busy as a bee bienenfleißig seinthe children were as \busy as bees picking apples die Kinder waren mit Feuereifer dabei, Äpfel zu pflückenII. vt<- ie->* * *['bIzɪ]1. adj (+er)1) (= occupied) person beschäftigtare you busy? — haben Sie gerade Zeit?; (in business)
not now, I'm busy — jetzt nicht, ich bin gerade beschäftigt
I'll come back when you're less busy — ich komme wieder, wenn Sie mehr Zeit haben
to keep sb/oneself busy — jdn/sich selbst beschäftigen
I was busy studying when you called — ich war gerade beim Lernen, als Sie kamen
I was busy studying all evening — ich war den ganzen Abend mit Lernen beschäftigt
she's always too busy thinking about herself —
let's get busy — an die Arbeit!
2) (= active) life, time bewegt; place, street, town belebt; (with traffic) verkehrsreich; street stark befahrenit's been a busy day/week — heute/diese Woche war viel los
have you had a busy day? — hast du heute viel zu tun gehabt?
the shop was busy all day — im Geschäft war den ganzen Tag viel los
3) (esp US) telephone line besetzt4) (= officious) person, manner (über)eifrig5) pattern, design, print unruhig2. vrto busy oneself doing sth — sich damit beschäftigen, etw zu tun
* * *busy [ˈbızı]A adj (adv busily)1. beschäftigt, tätig:be (very) busy (sehr) beschäftigt sein, (viel) zu tun haben;he was busy sorting the books er war damit beschäftigt, die Bücher zu ordnen;2. geschäftig, emsig, rührig, fleißig:3. Straßen etc:a) belebtb) verkehrsreich, stark befahren4. arbeitsreich (Tag etc):I had a busy day yesterday ich hatte gestern viel zu tun5. über-, diensteifrig, auf-, zudringlich, lästig7. unruhig (Muster, Tapete etc)busy o.s. doing sth sich damit beschäftigen, etwas zu tun* * *1. adjective1) (occupied) beschäftigtbe busy at or with something — mit etwas beschäftigt sein
he was busy packing — er war mit Packen beschäftigt od. war gerade beim Packen
2) (full of activity) arbeitsreich [Leben]; ziemlich hektisch [Zeit]; belebt [Stadt]; ausgelastet [Person]; rege [Verkehr]a busy road — eine verkehrsreiche od. viel befahrene Straße
I'm/he's a busy man — ich habe/er hat viel zu tun
3) (Amer. Teleph.) besetzt2. reflexive verbbusy oneself [in] doing something — sich damit beschäftigen, etwas zu tun
* * *(telephone) (US) adj.besetzt adj. adj.ausgelastet adj.belebt adj.belegt adj.beschäftigt adj.besetzt adj.fleißig adj.geschäftig adj.tätig adj. -
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/'bizi/ * tính từ - bận rộn, bận; có lắm việc =to be busy with (over) one's work+ bận rộn với công việc của mình - náo nhiệt, đông đúc =a busy street+ phố đông đúc náo nhiệt - đang bận, đang có người dùng (dây nói) - lăng xăng; hay dính vào việc của người khác - hay gây sự bất hoà * ngoại động từ - giao việc =I have busied him for the whole day+ tôi đã giao việc cho nó làm cả ngày rồi - động từ phãn thân bận rộn với =to busy oneself with (about) something+ bận rộn với cái gì =to busy onself doing something+ bận rộn làm cái gì * danh từ - (từ lóng) cớm, mật thám -
6 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) være travl* * *(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) være travl -
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(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) hard at it -
8 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) liado/ocupado/atareado con algo -
9 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) vera á fullu -
10 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) keményen (csinál vmit) -
11 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) atarefado -
12 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) harıl harıl çalışarak, tüm gücüyle çalışarak -
13 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) vprežen v (delo) -
14 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) täyttä päätä -
15 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) (arbeide) hardt/flittig -
16 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) lavorato sodo -
17 hard at it
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18 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) ciężko pracujący, zapracowany -
19 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) aizņemts (kaut ko darot) -
20 hard at it
(busy doing (something): I've been hard at it all day, trying to get this report finished.) sunkiai, neatsitraukiant dirbantis
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