diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/palabras/palabras-chrome.css b/src/uix/eidos/components/palabras/palabras-chrome.css
index fbabd64b9..0fad0c923 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/palabras/palabras-chrome.css
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/palabras/palabras-chrome.css
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@
 /* Focused ONE-FIELD escape — a NON-MODAL popover anchored under the bar. The
    own title labels it, the field's own label is hidden and the control fills the
    width. No panel surface / grid / skin: the control is itself, at popover width. */
+/* The escape overlay BLOCKS interaction with the bar/menu behind (modal) but is
+   INVISIBLE — no dim, so the editor stays visible. It still captures the pointer
+   (transparent ≠ pointer-events:none), so hover-open menus underneath are dead. */
+[data-palabras-menu-overlay][data-palabras-menu-overlay] {
+	background: transparent;
+	backdrop-filter: none;
+}
 [data-palabras-menu-popover][data-palabras-menu-popover] {
 	inline-size: min(320px, calc(100vw - var(--space-8)));
 	display: flex;
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/palabras/palabras.svelte b/src/uix/eidos/components/palabras/palabras.svelte
index e24c04bbb..f381bacea 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/palabras/palabras.svelte
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/palabras/palabras.svelte
@@ -132,11 +132,17 @@
 						onOpenChange={(o) => {
 							if (!o) editField = null;
 						}}
+						modal
 					>
+						<!-- Transparent overlay: BLOCKS interaction with the bar/menu behind
+						     (no click-through, no hover-open underneath) WITHOUT dimming — you
+						     still see the editor. Clicking it closes the popover. -->
+						<Popover.Overlay motion="none" data-palabras-menu-overlay />
 						<Popover.Content
 							side="bottom"
 							align="start"
 							customAnchor="[data-palabras-menubar]"
+							interactOutsideBehavior="close"
 							data-palabras-menu-popover
 							data-words-external-tool
 						>