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Moto

🇿🇲 Zambia Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Moto definition 1

Fire/hot

"Madzi a moto (Hot water)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇲 Zambia
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Moto 🇩🇿 Algeria

Motorcycle

"Bought a new moto"
Mɔto 🇧🇯 Benin

Mɔ̀tò (Moto/Motorcycle)

"Mɔto vɛ tɔn (Sa moto est belle/His motorcycle is beautiful)"

🇿🇲 About Zambia Slang

Zambian slang blends English with local languages like Bemba, Nyanja, and Tonga, shaped by the Copperbelt's unique working-class culture.

KASINARY has 1428 Zambia slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Moto" Across Africa

This word is also used in 15 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Moto 🇩🇿 Algeria

Motorcycle
Mɔto 🇧🇯 Benin

Mɔ̀tò (Moto/Motorcycle)
Moto 🇧🇮 Burundi

Moto (Motorcycle)
Moto 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Moto (Motorcycle/car)
Moto 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Moto-taxi (Motorcycle taxi)
Moto 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Moto/kitu kizuri (Fire/something hot)
Moto 🇹🇬 Togo

Moto-taxi (Motorcycle taxi)
Moto 🇨🇩 DR Congo

Feu (Fire) - Lingala
Moto 🇬🇦 Gabon

Personne, quelqu'un (Person, someone)
Moto 🇰🇪 Kenya

Nzuri / ya kuvutia (Hot / attractive)
Moto 🇲🇬 Madagascar

Moto / Môtô (Motorcycle / Bike)
Moto 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

Personne, quelqu'un (Person, someone)
Moto!

Feu! (Fire!)
Moto 🇳🇪 Niger

Mota, abin hawa (Vehicle, transport)
Moto 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Ipikipiki (Motorcycle taxi)

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