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ocupaț
busy/occupied (they, masculine plural) /okuˈpat͡sʲ/
adjective#2582 most common
Also: taken, engaged, tied up (with work)
Example sentences
Ei sunt ocupați.
They are busy.
Suntem foarte ocupați azi.
We are very busy today.
Părinții mei sunt mereu ocupați cu munca.
My parents are always busy with work.
Angajații sunt ocupați să termine proiectul până vineri.
The employees are busy finishing the project by Friday.
Deși erau ocupați cu pregătirile nunții, și-au făcut timp să ne viziteze.
Although they were busy with the wedding preparations, they made time to visit us.
Funcționarii, ocupați până peste cap cu birocrația de sfârșit de an, abia mai reușeau să răspundă la telefon.
The clerks, swamped with the year-end paperwork, could barely manage to answer the phone.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ocupat | ocupați |
| Genitive | ocupat | ocupați |
| Accusative | ocupat | ocupați |
| Vocative | ocupat | ocupați |
Word family
a ocupato occupy
ocupațieoccupation, job
ocupantoccupant
preocupatpreoccupied, worried
neocupatunoccupied, vacant
Etymology
Ocupat is the past participle of the verb a ocupa, to occupy. Romanian took the verb from Latin occupare, a compound of ob- (toward, against) and capere (to take, seize). The plural form ocupați simply adds the masculine plural agreement ending to the participle.
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