Skip to content

moto

motorcycle

noun MOH-toh Less Common

Origin: shortened from 'motocicletta'

Also means

motion

Usage Note

Moto is a tricky word: clipped from motocicletta it is feminine and invariable, la moto, le moto. But meaning 'motion' or 'movement' it is masculine, il moto, as in moto perpetuo ('perpetual motion'). The feminine vehicle sense is the everyday one.

Examples

"Vado al lavoro in moto."

Natural Translation

I go to work by motorcycle.

Literal Translation

I-go to-the work by motorcycle.

Explore Italian by topic