en Babia
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the county of Babia in León, Spain, which used to be a royal hunting ground - the king's court would reply "in Babia" as a vague response when they didn't want to disclose his whereabouts.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (colloquial) lost in thought, with one's head in the clouds
Further reading[edit]
- “en Babia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014