busy in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for busy in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.busy <busier, busiest> [Am ˈbɪzi, Brit ˈbɪzi] ADJ

1. busy (occupied):

busy person

ocupado

I'm a busy man

soy un hombre ocupado

can't you see I'm busy?

¿no ves que estoy ocupado or atareado?

she likes to be busy

le gusta estar ocupada or tener algo que hacer

the children keep me very busy

los niños me tienen muy atareada or me dan mucho que hacer

to get busy

ponerse a trabajar

we'd better get busy inf

mejor nos ponemos a trabajar or (nos) ponemos manos a la obra

I got busy on the reports inf

me puse a trabajar en los informes

I was busy writing a letter

estaba ocupada escribiendo una carta

2. busy street/market:

busy

concurrido

busy

de mucho movimiento

I've had a busy day

he tenido un día de mucho trabajo

I have a busy schedule next week

la próxima semana tengo un programa muy apretado

summer is our busiest season

en la temporada de verano es cuando más trabajo tenemos

a busy road

una carretera con mucho tráfico or muy transitada

3. busy TELEC:

busy

ocupado LatAm

busy

comunicando Spain

the line was busy

estaba ocupado

the line was busy

estaba comunicando Spain

your phone was busy

tu teléfono estaba ocupado

your phone was busy

tu teléfono comunicaba Spain

4. busy (fussy, detailed):

busy pattern/picture

recargado

busy pattern/picture

abigarrado

II.to busy oneself VB refl

to busy oneself <busies, busying, busied>:

to busy oneself

entretenerse

to busy oneself -ing

ponerse a  +  infin

I busied myself tidying the room

me puse a ordenar la habitación

to busy oneself with sth

entretenerse con algo

can't you find anything to busy yourself with?

¿por qué no buscas algo con qué entretenerte?

busy Lizzie [Am ˌbɪzi ˈlɪzi, Brit ˌbɪzi ˈlɪzi] N Brit

busy Lizzie

alegría f del hogar

busy Lizzie

alegría f de la casa

busy Lizzie

impatiens f

busy signal N Am

busy signal

tono m de ocupado LatAm

busy signal

señal f de ocupado LatAm

busy signal

señal f de comunicando Spain

Translations for busy in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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atareado (atareada)

busy

ajetreado (ajetreada)

busy

bulloso (bullosa)

busy

traqueteado (traqueteada)

busy

alegría del hogar

busy Lizzie Brit

tono de ocupado

busy signal Am

bullicioso (bulliciosa) calle/barrio

busy

busy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for busy in the English»Spanish Dictionary

busy¹ <-ier, -iest> [ˈbɪzi] ADJ

1. busy (occupied):

busy

atareado, -a

to be busy doing sth

estar muy ocupado haciendo algo

to be busy with sth

estar ocupado con algo

to get busy

empezar a trabajar

2. busy:

busy (full of activity)

activo, -a

busy (exhausting)

agotador(a)

busy street

calle f concurrida

busy seaport

puerto m marítimo de gran actividad

a busy time

un tiempo de actividad frenética

I've had a busy day

he tenido un día ajetreado

3. busy Am TELEC:

to be busy

estar comunicando

busy² [ˈbɪzi] VB trans -ie-

to busy oneself with sth

ocuparse de algo

Translations for busy in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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ocupado (-a)

busy

ocupado (-a)

busy Am

atareado (-a)

busy

andar muy atareado

to be very busy

pasajero (-a)

busy

zarandear

to keep busy

zarandearse

to busy oneself

había mucha animación en la calle

the street was very busy

estoy desocupado

I'm not busy

animado (-a)

busy

de mucho tránsito

very busy

busy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be busy doing sth

estar muy ocupado haciendo algo

to be busy with sth

estar ocupado con algo

to get busy

empezar a trabajar

a busy time

un tiempo de actividad frenética

I've had a busy day

he tenido un día ajetreado

to be busy

estar comunicando

I'd go myself, but I'm too busy

iría yo mismo, pero estoy demasiado ocupado

to be a busy bee iron

estar muy atareado

I have had a very busy day

he tenido un día muy movido

period of busy traffic at end of holidays

operación retorno AUTO

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He is smart, rich, skillful and respected, but remains detached from most people because of his busy lifestyle.

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Worried about spilling your morning pick-me-up coffee on a busy bus or train?

www.telegraph.co.uk

The crooks certainly seem to be busy, judging by our postbag!

www.independent.co.uk

However, he is very busy and can not afford to waste time on an uncooperative source.

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Somewhat absent-minded, he is usually too busy starting new projects to see his old experiments through to the end.

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She is busy reading books and raising her two daughters.

timesleader.com

This can be a busy spell after a game because we'd have medicals and triage and whatnot.

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The illusionist sleeps on a small couch and the girl keeps busy by cleaning and cooking food that she shares with the neighbors.

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They reported a culture of criticism and fault-finding at the busy unit.

www.walesonline.co.uk

The past decade has found the showtrying to backpedal from this busy intersection.

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