to occupy, to keep occupied, to employ, to engage (possess or use the time, capacity or service of) · to keep oneself busy, to keep oneself occupied · to concern oneself
çekim: geçmiş beschäftigte · ortaç beschäftigt · şimdiki beschäftigt · ulaç beschäftigend
eş: beanspruchen, betätigen, widmen, arbeiten, machen, tun
köken: From Middle High German scheftec (“active”), possibly under the influence of Low German bescheftich (“bustling, industrious”); see the related schaffen for more.
köken: From obsolete use of fast as an intensifier (compare fast asleep and firmly as an intensifier in English) + än (“yet”). Roughly, "how much yet" (no matter how much).
Jag följde med till pizzerian fastän jag inte var hungrig
From Old Galician-Portuguese mal(o) + grado, which stems from Latin grātum (see grātus (“pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome”)). Compare Catalan malgrat and French malgré.