Busy – ocupado (m)/ocupada (f)

(Pronounced oh-koo-pah-doh/oh-koo-pah-dah)

To remember that busy is pronounced oh-koo-pah-doh or oh-koo-pah-dah (ocupado/ocupada) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

They liked to keep busy, so they occupied themselves by cleaning the island of dodos (ocupado).