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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "gwahn" (as in "Guam") + "TAHR" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

In Venezuela, to wait or be patient, used most often as "aguanta" to tell someone to hold on or pause. One of the most-used fillers to slow someone down or ask for a moment.

Examples

Aguanta, I'm almost done and then we'll head out.

Give me a momentico - I need to take this call.

Regional synonyms

House or home, urban youth slang used in Ecuador and Colombia. "Voy a la caleta" simply means "I'm heading home." The word traces back to caló, a Roma-influenced jargon that traveled to the Americas with Spanish colonizers and settled in several countries with the sense of a private hideout or refuge.