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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

moto de trilha

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mo-to dʒi tɾi-ʎɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dirt-bike/ˈdɜːrt.baɪk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14200 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele caiu da moto de trilha na lama."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A lightweight motorcycle specially designed for riding on rough, unpaved surfaces such as dirt tracks, trails, or mud.

    "He spent the weekend repairing his dirt-bike after riding through the muddy trails."
  2. 2

    A bicycle built for off-road stunts and racing, though less common than the motorized variant.

    "The children built small ramps to jump their dirt-bikes in the vacant lot."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a 20th-century American compound combining 'dirt' (referring to unpaved ground or soil) and 'bike' (a shortened form of 'bicycle', later applied to motorcycles). It emerged during the mid-1960s with the rise of off-road motorcycling culture and lightweight, knobby-tire motorcycle designs.

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