busy

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
2. Engaged in activity or by someone else; bustling.
3. Having much work to do; having much to get done.
4. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
5. Officious; meddling.

Noun

A police officer.

Verb

To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.

Conceptos

ocupado

atareado

animado

ocupar

bullicioso

concurrido

entremetido

industrioso

no disponible

ocuparse

activo

ocupada

complicado

curioso

Sinónimos

occupied

engaged

active

lively

crowded

in use

industrious

diligent

energetic

engrossed

occupy

preoccupied

bustling

working

animated

confused

😕

employ

fussy

intense

eventful

hectic

pressure of work

work

untiring

officious

noisy

meddling

interfering

meddlesome

be occupied

busybodied

concentrated

complicated

booked

distracted

disorganised

chaotic

incoherent

disorderly

busy line

blatant

hire

difficult

high season

devoted

hurried

heavy

harried

groggy

glaring

Traducciones

occupé

occupato

beschäftigt

meşgul

bezig

ocupado

bezet

druk

مشغول

ocupat

indaffarato

impegnato

meşxul

απασχολημένος

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbɪzi/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: bisy

Heredado de inglés antiguo: bisiġ

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: biesich

Cognado con neerlandés: bezig

Cognado con bajo alemán: besig

Cognado con Old Frisian: bisgia

Cognado con inglés antiguo: bisgian

In summary

From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”), Dutch bezig (“busy”), Low German besig (“busy”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɪ/ is from the dialects of the East Midlands.