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/es-TAR en BA-bia/

To be completely lost in thought, with your mind somewhere else entirely. Babia is a comarca in Spain, and 'estar en Babia' means being totally absent — physically present but mentally checked out.

Example

"I asked him and he was completely zoned out, didn't hear a thing."

"He's totally out of it today, there's no reaching him."

Regional synonyms:

Cerveza de tamaño grande, generalmente de un litro, que se comparte entre amigos en la banqueta. La caguama es la cerveza del pueblo mexicano: barata, rendidora y social.