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/Sounds like "DEH" (as in "debt") + "boh" (as in "boat") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "dah" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

Right away, immediately, without delay. In Mexico, 'de volada' is the promise of instant action, you're on it, it's happening now, no waiting needed. Whether the promise is kept is another story entirely, but the intention is always urgent.

Examples

I'll be right over to pick you up.

Do it right now before your boss arrives.

Regional synonyms

Grueling, exhausting hard work that leaves your body completely drained. In Bolivia, yucra describes the heavy labor of fieldwork, construction, or any brutal physical task that leaves you barely standing by the end of the day.