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candongueiro
🇦🇴 Portuguese slang from Angola
What does “candongueiro” mean?
shared minibus taxi
Example
“Apanhei um candongueiro para o centro.”
I took a minibus taxi into town.
Good to know
The blue-and-white minibuses that are Luanda's main transport.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: táxi coletivo
Heard in a conversation
The phone left on the minibus
Yuri Cláudia, estou a escrever do telemóvel do meu primo, perdi o meu no candongueiro.
claudia I'm texting from my cousin's phone, I lost mine on the minibus 😭
Cláudia Eish, mano! Porque não ligas para o teu número? Pode ser que alguém atenda.
oh no bro!! why don't you call your number? maybe someone picks up
🚌 How other countries say “bus”
- 🇧🇷 busãoBrazil
- 🇵🇹 autocarroPortugal · The everyday word in Portugal.
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