A2🔤 Letters O & P
Italian word
occupato
busy; occupied; taken (seat); engaged (phone)
Looks like
occupied
filled, taken, in use
⚠️ The trap
Covers both the physical sense (seat taken) and the temporal sense (I'm busy: 'sono occupato'). Phone line: 'occupato' = engaged/busy signal. Also the political/historical sense: 'i territori occupati' = the occupied territories. Four uses in one word.
To say "filled, taken, in use" in Italian:
occupato (correct — covers many uses)
"occupato" in English means:
busy; occupied; taken (seat); engaged (phone)
Example
"Scusi, questo posto è occupato?"
"Excuse me, is this seat taken?"
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