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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "lee" (as in "lead") + "BYAH" + "neh" (as in "net")/

Meaning

A favor, a kind act, or help given at exactly the right moment. In Mexico, asking for an 'aliviane' is asking someone to come through for you, a ride to the airport, covering for you at work, lending you money when you're short. When someone gives you an aliviane, you remember it.

Examples

Do me a favor and take me to the airport tomorrow.

Thank you, that was a huge help at exactly the right moment.

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Regional synonyms

A scatterbrained or impulsive person who acts without thinking and consistently makes a mess of things through pure recklessness. In Colombia and Venezuela, the atolondrado is always rushing but somehow always the last to arrive, with everything upside down and no idea what went wrong.