despistado

Portuguese

Participle

despistado (feminine despistada, masculine plural despistados, feminine plural despistadas)

1. past participle of despistar

Spanish

Etymology

From despistar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /despisˈtado/ [d̪es.pisˈt̪a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: des‧pis‧ta‧do

Adjective

despistado (feminine despistada, masculine plural despistados, feminine plural despistadas)

1. absent-minded, forgetful, clueless

   Synonyms: desubicado, distraído

   • 2020 September 29, “Primer debate presidencial en Estados Unidos: 90 minutos que valen un país”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Su edad era a menudo objeto de bromas en la prensa y se le tenía por despistado.

     His [Ronald Reagan] age was often the subject of jokes in the press and he was considered absent-minded.

Participle

despistado (feminine despistada, masculine plural despistados, feminine plural despistadas)

1. past participle of despistar

Further reading

• “despistado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10