5 published definitions
A small passenger van that drives at high speed and stops anywhere to pick up or drop off riders. They always blast loud music and are usually pirate buses without official routes. They are run by a shaggy, grumpy driver and a picher (a fare collector who crams passengers inside). (In the Dominican Republic, the name literally means flyer due to how fast they drive).
I am going by voladora because taxis are expensive.
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A derogatory slang term for a woman who works as a prostitute on the street. It is used in street language to refer to streetwalkers who look for clients on corners or by walking the sidewalks.
That area gets sketchy after midnight because it fills up with voladoras and shady people.
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Beat-up public minibuses that drive at breakneck speeds, where the fare collector crams people in everywhere, even the trunk. (These privately owned vans are the primary, often chaotic form of transit in the Dominican Republic).
Fare collector: Where you headed? Passenger: To Moca. Fare collector: Get yourself way in the back!
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Small minibuses or commuter vans that follow set routes (they are well-known for driving extremely fast and aggressively).
I do not like getting on a voladora.
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The act of slipping out of a business, like a restaurant or bar, or a taxi without paying for the food or service. It is essentially a dine and dash or doing a runner to avoid the bill.
We were at the bar and, when we realized it, the group at the table next to us had already pulled a voladora without paying for all the beers they ordered.
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