autohotel

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noun

A love hotel in South or Central America.

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Meanings

nounautohotel (plural autohotels)

plural autohotels

  1. A love hotel in South or Central America.

    Autohotels are not self-service affairs—except for the most desperate.

    2009, Eliot Greenspan, Frommer's Guatemala
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    Motels and autohotels rent by the hour in this part of the world and are no place for weary tourists.

    1987, Fodor's Central America

    Autohotels are for making love; they serve no other purpose. Rooms are sold in two- or three- hour blocks and include fresh towels, sheets and a condom.

    2008, Richard Arghiris, Richard Leonardi, Nicaragua

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hot-sheet motellove hotelno-tell motelroom by the hour

Origin

From auto- + hotel.

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Cite this entry
APA

autohotel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autohotel

MLA

“autohotel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autohotel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autohotel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autohotel.

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