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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "gwahn" (as in "Guam") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "BEH" (as in "bed") + "lah" (as in "lava")/

Meaning

To be the unwanted third wheel while a couple does their thing, without a date of your own in Venezuela. "Aguantar vela" is that uncomfortable role of just being there while two people are clearly into each other.

Examples

The three of us went out but I was just the third wheel all night.

Don't invite me to that, I'm not being the third wheel again.

Regional synonyms

Something that was posted on Twitter/X and became public for the whole world to see and judge. Once a message is "tuiteado," there is no taking it back, because the internet never forgets and never forgives. Used across all Spanish speaking countries as the standard verb for tweeting.