English

Pronunciation
bĭz'i, /�bɪzi/, /<tt>"bIzi</tt>/
audio|en-us-busy.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-ɪzi|Rhymes: -ɪzi

Etymology
OE. bisiġ

Adjective
en-adj|busier|busiest

1. Doing a great deal; having a lot of things to do in the space of time given

#:It has been a busy day.

1. engaged|Engaged in another activity or by someone else.

#:The director cannot see you now, he's busy.
#:Her telephone has been busy all day.

1. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.

#:Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.

Translations
trans-top|doing a great deal
Afrikaans: besig
Albanian: zënë
Arabic: ARchar|�شغ�� (maš�ú:l)
Azeri: unicode|m���ul
Bosnian: nametljiv
Bulgarian: деен (deen)
Catalan: ocupat
Chinese: � (máng)
Croatian: prometan
Czech: zam�stnaný m, zaneprázd�ný m (of person)
Dutch: bezig
Esperanto: okupata
Estonian: toimekas
Finnish: t|fi|kiireinen, t|fi|työntäyteinen
French: occupé
Frisian: beset
Galician: trang
Georgian: ����������� (dakavebulia)
German: beschäftigt
Greek: �ολ�ά��ολο� (polyáskholos)
Hebrew: עס�ק|עָס�ּק ('asúq) m, עס�ק� ('asuqa) f
Hindi: udyami
Hungarian: foglalt
Ido: okupata
Indonesian: sibuk
Irish: gnóthach
Italian: occupato
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Japanese: 使�中 (������, shiy�-chū), ��� (�����, isogashii)
Korean: �� (babbŭn)
Latvian: nodarbin�ts
Lithuanian: užsi�musiam
Mongolian: RUchar|завгүй (zavgüj)
Norwegian: opptatt
Papiamentu: okupá
Persian: FAchar|�شغ�� (maš�úl)
Polish: zaj�ty
Portuguese: ocupado
Romanian: harnic
Russian: де��ел�н�й (déjatel�nyj)
Scottish Gaelic: trang
Serbian: п�оме�ан (prometan)
Slovak: �inný
Slovenian: zaposlen
Spanish: ocupado
Swahili: bizi
Swedish: beskäftig, upptagen
Tagalog: okupado
Thai: THchar|ยุ��วุ��วาย (yôong wôon waai)
Turkish: me�gul
Ukrainian: зайн��ий (zájnjatyj)
Uyghur: ayighi
Vietnamese: bận r�n
Welsh: prysur
Yiddish: farnumen
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trans-top|engaged
Finnish: t|fi|varattu
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trans-top|complicated
Finnish: t|fi|levoton, t|fi|sekava
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Related terms
busybody
busyness
busy work

Verb
en-verb|busies|busying|busied

1. To make somebody busy, to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.

#*On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening.

1. To rush somebody.

Translations
trans-top|to keep busy with
Finnish: t|fi|puuhailla, t|fi|askaroida, t|fi|työllistää
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trans-top|to rush somebody
Finnish: t|fi|hoputtaa
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ar:busy
cs:busy
fr:busy
hy:busy
io:busy
it:busy
ku:busy
hu:busy
pl:busy
ru:busy
simple:busy
fi:busy
ta:busy
te:busy
vi:busy
zh:busy

• 2007-12-26 07:16 - Hekaheka - /* English */ new sense, Finnish translation

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