busy

busy
'bizi
1. adjective
1) (having a lot (of work etc) to do: I am very busy.) ocupado
2) (full of traffic, people, activity etc: The roads are busy; a busy time of year.) concurrido
3) ((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
busy adj
1. ocupado
I'm very busy right now estoy muy ocupado ahora mismo
she's busy cleaning the windows está ocupada limpiando los cristales
2. ajetreado
we've got a busy day tenemos un día ajetreado
3. concurrido / transitado
a busy road una carretera muy transitada
El comparativo de busy se escribe busier; el superlativo se escribe busiest
En inglés americano se dice the line is busy si el teléfono comunica; en inglés británico se diría the phone is engaged
busy
tr['bɪzɪ]
adjective (comp busier, superl busiest)
1 (person) ocupado,-a, atareado,-a
2 (street, place) concurrido,-a
3 (day) ajetreado,-a
4 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (telephone) comunicando
■ the line was busy estaba comunicando
noun
1 familiar (police officer) poli nombre masulino o femenino
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to busy oneself doing something ocuparse en hacer algo
■ he busied himself washing the dishes se ocupó en fregar los platos
to be busy doing something estar ocupado,-a en hacer algo
■ she was busy revising her notes estaba ocupada en repasar los apuntes
to be as busy as a bee estar que no para, estar muy ocupado,-a
to get busy familiar (work) ponerse a trabajar 2 (hurry) darse prisa
to keep oneself busy mantenerse ocupado,-a
to keep somebody busy mantener ocupado,-a alguien
busy Lizzie SMALLBOTANY/SMALL alegría de la casa
the busies familiar (police) la poli, la pasma
busy ['bɪzi] vt, busied ; busying
to busy oneself with : ocuparse con, ponerse a, entretenerse con
busy adj, busier ; -est
1) occupied: ocupado, atareado
he's busy working: está ocupado en su trabajo
the telephone was busy: el teléfono estaba ocupado
2) bustling: concurrido, animado
a busy street: una calle concurrida, una calle con mucho tránsito
busy (Phone)
n.
• 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 'bɪzi
adjective busier, busiest
1) (occupied) <person> ocupado

the children keep me very busy — los niños me tienen muy atareada or me dan mucho que hacer

to get busy — ponerse* a trabajar

I was busy writing a letter — estaba ocupada escribiendo una carta

2) <street/market> concurrido, de mucho movimiento

I've had a busy day — he tenido un día de mucho trabajo

I have a busy schedule — tengo un programa muy apretado

a busy road — una carretera con mucho tráfico or muy transitada

3) (Telec) ocupado (AmL), comunicando (Esp)

II
reflexive verb busies, busying, busied

to busy oneself -ing — ponerse* a + inf

to busy oneself with something — entretenerse* con algo

['bɪzɪ]
1. ADJ
(compar busier) (superl busiest)
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 or on or with — estar ocupado en or con

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

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
2.
VT

to busy o.s. with/doing sth — ocuparse con/en hacer algo

3.
CPD

Busy Lizzie N — (Bot) alegría f de la casa

busy signal N — (esp US) (Telec) señal f de comunicando, tono m (de) ocupado

* * *

I ['bɪzi]
adjective busier, busiest
1) (occupied) <person> ocupado

the children keep me very busy — los niños me tienen muy atareada or me dan mucho que hacer

to get busy — ponerse* a trabajar

I was busy writing a letter — estaba ocupada escribiendo una carta

2) <street/market> concurrido, de mucho movimiento

I've had a busy day — he tenido un día de mucho trabajo

I have a busy schedule — tengo un programa muy apretado

a busy road — una carretera con mucho tráfico or muy transitada

3) (Telec) ocupado (AmL), comunicando (Esp)

II
reflexive verb busies, busying, busied

to busy oneself -ing — ponerse* a + inf

to busy oneself with something — entretenerse* con algo


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