en Babia

== Spanish == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /em ˈbabja/ [ẽm ˈba.β̞ja] Syllabification: en Ba‧bia === Adverb === en Babia (colloquial) lost in thought, with one's head in the clouds === Further reading === “en Babia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025