How Would You Translate "Despalomado?"

Question

A person is explaining why they were late to a meeting. Yo soy muy "despalomada" con las direcciones.

Are you sure that word is spelled correctly? - rac1, Dec 26, 2014

Answer 1

This is what I can find:

http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/despalomado

despalomado

Diccionario de la lengua española © 2005 Espasa-Calpe:

despalomado, da 1. adj. y s. amer. col. Despistado, ensimismado, desmemoriado.

So absorbed and lost in thought, clueless, scatterbrained, absentminded, forgetful.

Edit to add another link:

http://www.escuelapedia.com/diccionario/despalomado-daadj-y-s-amer-col-despist/

despalomado/da

(adjetivo/a) y s. (americanismo) (coloquial) Despistado/ensimismado/desmemoriado: ¡hija, estás como ida, todo el día despalomada! || Decaído: han enviado a su novia a trabajar en otra ciudad y él se ha quedado aquí triste y despalomado.

I saw that too, but couldn't find the word at all in the RAE - rac1, Dec 26, 2014

Yes, sounds like it is being labeled as a South American colloquialism that has not yet been accepted by RAE. - bosquederoble, Dec 26, 2014

The Holy RAE doesn't accept a lot of the language used in Latin America. Thanks a lot, Bosque for finding that for us. I love "ensimsmado" We all get that way at times. - Daniela2041, Dec 26, 2014

I could give a short analysis of those three words and put it as an answer if anyone wants it. - Daniela2041, Dec 26, 2014

Go ahead, Daniela. No need to ask. That would be great! - rac1, Dec 26, 2014