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/Sounds like "dehs" (as in "debt") + "boh" (as in "boat") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

Confused, disoriented, or completely out of the loop. Across Central America, a desbolado shows up late to understand what is happening, acts on bad or missing information, and often finds out about important changes after everyone else already knew.

Examples

I showed up totally clueless to the meeting because nobody told me what it was about.

The clueless one on the team found out about the venue change just as everyone was already arriving.

Word family

A pickup truck in Chicano Spanish, borrowed from English "truck." La troca is a source of neighborhood pride: used for work, moving furniture, and cruising on Sundays all washed and shiny.