La Palabra Del Día: "despistado"
despistado ( dehs-pees-tah'-doh )
adjective ( absent-minded, forgetful; distracted )
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Examples:
1: Carlos anda despistado porque ayer cortó con su novia.
Carlos is a bit distracted because he broke up with his girlfriend yesterday.
2: Mi compañero de cuarto es despistado. ¡Siempre se le olvidan las llaves!
My roommate is absent-minded. He always forgets his keys!
11 Answers
Mi esposa siempre dice que estoy despistado porque no recuerdo lo que va a hacer durante cualquier fin de semana, aunque sólo me dijo una vez cinco semanas antes- ella tiene un calendario en su laptop, y si yo lo pudiera chequear cada día, no parecería tan despistado.
My wife always says I am absent-minded because I don’t remember what she is going to do during any given weekend, although she only told me once five weeks earlier- she has a calendar on her laptop, and if I were able to check it every day, I would not appear so clueless.
Mi novia siempte está despistado , ella se olvida
de hacer el desayuno por las mañanas para mí.
My girlfriend is always distracted ,
she forgets to make breakfast in the morning for me.
Este hombre es despistado, pero puede ser que solamente la necesidad no le da otra elección.
This man is confused, but may be that only the need did not give him any choice.
Podría ser el momento de jubilarse de la cirugía cuando se convierta tan despistado.
It might be time to retire from surgery when you become this absent-minded.
Al comienzo del año escolar, ando un poco despistada por la confusion de la sobreabundancia de actividades de los primeros días del semestre.
At the beginning of the school year I get a little distracted because of the confusion of the overabundance of the activities of the first days of the semester.
Cuando me canso, me convierto despistada. Algunos lo llamen "madre del cerebro."
When I get tired, I become scatter-brained. Some call it "mom brain."
El profesor fue brillante pero despistado.
The professor was brilliant but absent-minded.
Vio a su suegra pero se hizo el despistado.
He pretended not to see his mother-in-law.
Sabes perfectamente de qué hablo, así es que no te hagas el despistado.
You know perfectly well what I’m talking about, so don’t pretend you don’t.
El dia se va rapido cuando estoy despitado en el trabajo, pero aveces estoy asi porque el trabajo no me diverte.
The day goes by quicky when I am absent-minded at work, but sometimes I am like that because the job does not entertain me.
Después el entrenador puso anteojeras en el caballo de carrera no se despistado con la misma facilidad.
After the trainer put blinkers on the race horse he was not as easily distracted.
Es verdad que en nuestra vejez nos hacemos despistados. Nuestros cerebros ya son tan llenos que no hay espacio para nuevos datos.
It is true that in our old age we become absent-minded. Our brains are already so full that there is no space for new facts.
