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/Sounds like "ahl" (as in "art") + "kah" (as in "car") + "WEH" (as in "west") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

A person who covers up or enables someone else's questionable behavior out of complicity or affection. In Colombia and Venezuela the alcahueta knows everything that's going on and stays quiet because it benefits her.

Examples

The mom covers for everything that kid does.

If she wasn't so enabling, things would have been dealt with already.

Regional synonyms

A dude, guy, or man in Argentina and Uruguay. It's the most common, informal, everyday way to refer to any male in River Plate Spanish, as natural as breathing in Buenos Aires.