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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "trah" (as in "tract")/

Meaning

To be completely spaced out, mentally somewhere else, not paying any attention to what's happening around you. The person who is "en otra" seems to be living in their own private movie.

Examples

I'm talking to you and you're completely zoned out, what's going on?

I was totally spaced out the whole meeting and have no idea what they talked about.

In Mexican street slang, a pickpocket or light-fingered thief who can lift things without anyone noticing. Called an araña (spider) because their fingers move fast and catch whatever they touch.