ocupado
busy ; occupied.
It normally starts immediately unless the system is very busy with other tasks.
In his commentary, Briggs leans over backwards to avoid all but the barest possible mention of the darker side of the complex relationship between occupiers and occupied.
estar ocupado [Nombre que define la cualidad de estar ocupado haciendo algo]
be engaged
be tied up
busyness
All telephone lines to the computer may be engaged at peak periods.
Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.
Examples would include giving a spurious impression of busyness at the reference desk.
mantener(se) ocupado
keep + busy
The process is now slow, but someone may speed it up, and it has no grain difficulties such as now keep photographic researchers busy.
ocupado por los alemanes
German-occupied
The submarine was sunk while en route to German-occupied France with a cargo of pure silver and gold bullion valued at about $2.3 million by 1944 standards.
para mantener(se) ocupado
keep-busy
The assistant's position frequently degenerates into a 'catch-all' position, with the assistant ending up with a number of miscellaneous odd-jobs (sometimes 'keep-busy' type jobs, well below his or her capabilities).
persona muy ocupada
busy beaver
busy bee
She has certainly be a very busy beaver over the past several weeks.
Brad is a busy bee with no less than five projects on the horizon.
personas muy ocupadas, las
those on the go
The article is entitled 'IBM Thinkpad. The notebook for those on the go'.
territorio ocupado [Parte de una nación invadido y gobernado por otra]
occupied territory
At the outbreak of World War 1, there were about 5,000 private libraries in the occupied Polish territories.
