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preoccupied

preoccupied

English

Adjective

preoccupied ‎(comparative more preoccupied, superlative most preoccupied)

Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.

Translations

concerned with something else, distracted

Dutch: afwezig (nl), in gedachten verzonken
French: préoccupé (fr) m
German: gedankenverloren (de), in Gedanken woanders, tief beschäftigt
Greek: προβληματισμένος (el) ‎(provlimatisménos)
Hungarian: belefeledkezett (hu)
Italian: preoccupato (it) m

Khmer: ខ្វល់ (km) ‎(kvɑl)
Manx: boirit
Maori: pakihaha
Polish: zatroskany (pl), zaniepokojony (pl), zafrapowany, zamyślony (pl), zmartwiony (pl)
Portuguese: preocupado (pt) m
Spanish: preocupado (es), ensimismado (es), obsesionado (es) m

Verb

preoccupied

simple past tense and past participle of preoccupy