Meanings
plural mototaxistas
- The driver of a mototaxi.
The mototaxista drives off
2012, Roy Kesey, Pacazo, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 2312 more examples
Simply ask any mototaxista for a general tour of what there is to see in Puerto Maldonado, and he'll do so for about 8 soles, or $2.70.
2010, V!VA Travel Guides: Peru, →ISBN, page 444Unlike 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.
2014, L. Gill, “Fragmented Solidarity”, in S. Kasmir, A. Carbonella, editors, Blood and Fire, →ISBN, page 67
Origin
- Portuguesemototaxista
- Spanishmototaxista
- Englishmototaxista
Borrowed from Spanish mototaxista and Portuguese mototaxista.
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