mototaxista
English
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Etymology
editBorrowed from Spanish mototaxista and Portuguese mototaxista.
Noun
editmototaxista (plural mototaxistas)
- The driver of a mototaxi.
- 2014, L. Gill, “Fragmented Solidarity”, in S. Kasmir, A. Carbonella, editors, Blood and Fire, →ISBN, page 67:
- Unlike the city buses, which were desperately slow and made numerous stops, the mototaxistas took people directly to their destinations for approximately the same fare as a city bus, one that undercut by 50 percent the rate licensed cabbies charged.
Usage notes
editGenerally used in the context of Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking countries.
Spanish
editEtymology
editNoun
editmototaxista m or f by sense (plural mototaxistas)
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