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1 obrera
obrera sustantivo femenino ( hormiga) worker (ant); ( abeja) worker (bee); ver tb◊ obrero sustantivo masculino, femenino
obrero,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino worker
obrero cualificado, skilled worker
II adjetivo working
el movimiento obrero, the labour, US labor movement ' obrera' also found in these entries: Spanish: abeja - clase - obrero English: class - working class - Cockney - east - worker - working -
2 busy
'bizi
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)
II
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)
II
reflexive verb busies, busying, busiedto busy oneself -ing — ponerse* a + inf
to busy oneself with something — entretenerse* con algo
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