HOW DO YOU SAY TRUCK IN VENEZUELA? - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

How do you say truck in Venezuela? This question is important because it is a very effective means of transport in the South American country. Both for public and collective use as well as for cargo transportation.

It should be noted that in other countries the term truck is used to refer to collective vehicles on urban roads. Since Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world, it is not uncommon for terminology to change depending on the country.

In fact, this can happen within the same country, depending on the provinces. Venezuela is an example of this, with an infinity of words that adopt the meaning of "bus" or public vehicle.

Ways to say truck in Venezuela

1- Bus or bus

The word bus is the independent fragment of his original “omnibus”. This term meant "for everyone."

At the beginning of the 19th century, in France the bus was a vehicle of animal traction, dedicated to collective transport. However, over time the word bus became representative by itself.

With the appearance of motor vehicles with gasoline engines, the already shortened bus came to join the prefix auto. And, in this way, the word "bus" was constituted.

In Venezuela, a bus or bus is a large and wide public transport of urban service. Smaller models are often named in other ways.

2- Bus

Just as bus comes from the detachment of the term bus from its original, the same happens with the minivan.

This feminine diminutive adopts only the already named bus and adds a suffix to it. It is also used in other Central American countries.

Previously in Venezuela old and neglected trucks were used in a derogatory way. However, it became so widespread that today it is accepted as normal.

3- Truck, truck

Although it is not usual, in Venezuela there is also a variation of the term truck. This form is used mostly in its capital Caracas.

The use of the word truck comes from the French camionette, short for truck. In Spanish, the truck is the feminine way of saying truck.

It is used to refer to any motor vehicle of public transport and fixed route that usually operates within cities.

The expression "camionetica" is in turn a diminutive of truck. It is a smaller bus or group with a capacity of up to 30 people.

What in other countries would be a minibus or midibus, because they are smaller.

4- Route

In the Lara State of Venezuela, this word is used to name urban and extra-urban buses.

Its use began because in this region automobiles had the Scythian word "Route" on their front glass.

In addition, they had a fixed path that identified them. Currently their itineraries are defined by a number that determines the stops.

5- Yutong

In their real representation, the Yutong are the vehicles belonging to the Chinese bus brand of the same name.

The recent government contract with this brand extended its presence on the streets so much that it became popular.

This phenomenon is known as the vulgarization of the brand, since the name of the industry became entrenched in popular speech.

6- Metrobus, Transbarca, Trolleybus

Other ways to designate buses will depend on the public company that provides the service.

In a given city, the public transportation system may have a specific name resulting from the contraction of the initials of the company.

In Caracas there are the “Metrobus” and the “BusCaracas”. Both belong to the Caracas Metro company. This has the particularity that it is paid with a special ticket or ticket.

In the Capital District there is also the “Transmetrópoli” and “TransChacao” in the Chacao municipality.

In the western city of Barquisimeto, there is the “Transbarca” bus system. And in the Andean city of Mérida with the electric cars of the “Trolleybus”.

References

1. Etymology of Bus. (2017). Recovered from etimologias.dechile.net.
2. The préhistoire des transports urbains. (2014). Recovered from amtuir.org.
3. Márquez, G. (2010). About Camionetica. Recovered from camionetica.com.
4. Navarro, E. (2016). Transport in Venezuela: Public ?. Recovered from desdelaplaza.com.
5. Roa Lozano, D. The importance of collective public transport. Recovered from repository.urosario.edu.co.