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Triciculo

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Triciculo

A Dominican mispronunciation of the word for tricycle. It is a three-wheeled vehicle powered by pedals or a modified motor, with a wooden or metal cargo box over the front axle used for selling or hauling merchandise. These versatile vehicles are found throughout the country, where the operator uses them to transport almost anything.

It is used to sell starchy staples, vegetables, and fruit; you can carry a pot over a burner to sell boiled corn, pasteles en hoja (mashed plantains or tubers steamed in leaves), or butchered chicken; people use them for moving, hauling scrap, or collecting bottles. In short, the Triciculo in the Dominican Republic becomes whatever its owner needs it to be: imagination is the limit.

Automatically translated from Spanish

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