preoccupied in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for preoccupied in the English»Spanish Dictionary

preoccupied [Am priˈɑkjupaɪd, Brit priːˈɒkjuːpʌɪd] ADJ

preoccupied (absorbed)

absorto

preoccupied (absorbed)

ensimismado

preoccupied (worried)

preocupado

to be preoccupied with sth he's preoccupied with trying to find a new job

no piensa en otra cosa que encontrar un nuevo trabajo

I was so preoccupied with my own thoughts that …

estaba tan absorto en mis pensamientos que …

preoccupy <preoccupies preoccupying preoccupied> [Am priˈɑkjəˌpaɪ, Brit priːˈɒkjʊpʌɪ] VB trans

preoccupy

preocupar

the problem preoccupied him for many weeks

le dio vueltas al problema durante varias semanas

Translations for preoccupied in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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lo noté como abstraído

he seemed rather preoccupied

está como distraído y preocupado

he seems rather distracted and preoccupied

estaba preocupado, como ausente

he looked preoccupied, as if his mind were elsewhere o on other things

estaba preocupado, como ausente

he looked preoccupied and rather distracted

preoccupied in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for preoccupied in the English»Spanish Dictionary

preoccupied [prɪ:ˈɒkjʊpaɪd, Am pri:ˈɑ:kju:-] ADJ

preoccupied

preocupado, -a

to be preoccupied with sth

estar absorto en algo

preoccupy [pri:ˈɒkjʊpaɪ, Am pri:ˈɑ:kju:-] VB trans -ie-

preoccupy

preocupar

Translations for preoccupied in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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estar abstraído en algo

to be preoccupied by sth

preoccupied Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be preoccupied with sth

estar absorto en algo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

More than 7 out of 10 (71.4%) participants reported that they're preoccupied with the past or the future half or more of the time.

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Alternatively, he may have been preoccupied in conversation with people in the front vestibule.

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This question preoccupied social philosophers and economic thinkers for many centuries.

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Hailed as a feel-good movie, the film is consistently preoccupied with themes of hope, happiness, and choice.

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During the 1950s he was mainly preoccupied with abstract painting but from the 1970s he embarked on figuration.

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They became preoccupied in tending their own field.

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In this disorder a person is preoccupied with thoughts concerning appearance, especially musculature.

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He is often too preoccupied with political work and not spending time with his family.

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He notably favored and introduced the anatomical study of functional structures, and was in particular preoccupied with issues pertaining to ontogenesis and kinesiology.

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There were several factors which preoccupied her over those decades, and took her attention away from publishing her own work.

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