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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "wee" (as in "weed") + "SOH" (as in "solo") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

A jinx, a real nuisance, or a bringer of bad luck. Rooted in Aztec mythology, the ahuizote was a terrifying water creature, in Mexican slang it means either someone unbearably annoying or a person who just seems to attract misfortune wherever they go.

Examples

No lo invites, ese ahuizote arruina cualquier plan.

Don't invite him, that jinx ruins every plan.

Since that bad-luck charm showed up, everything has gone wrong for us.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Uruguay
Bandera de Argentina
Mufa
Bandera de Bolivia
Khenchoso

To wake up very early, before dawn or at the crack of day. In Mexico and Central America, madrugar is treated as a virtue: the one who rises early gets ahead. It also works figuratively to mean getting a head start on something or beating someone to the punch.