/okuˈpaðo/
#984 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
busy; occupied
Word origin
Past participle of ocupar, from Latin occupare ('to seize, take possession of'), from ob- plus capere ('to take, seize'). The same root gives English occupy and occupied.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- occupare
- English cognates
- occupy, occupied
Grammar
Feminineocupada
Masc pluralocupados
Fem pluralocupadas
Examples
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I am very busy this week.
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All the tables are occupied.
, .
Sorry, the line is busy.
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My father was busy all day with the paperwork.
, .
The seat at the back is already taken, sorry.
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