How Would You Translate "Mula?"

Question

In a conversation about selling truck parts, De "mulas" y camiones. What type of truck is a "mula?"

Original: mulas y camiones Translation: mules and trucks according to Word Reference. - rac1, Sep 25, 2016

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Answer 1

I haven't heard this word in Spanish to refer to a truck, but there is a type of truck which is called a "mule" in English. It is like a golf cart on steroids, with a pick-up bed in the rear. Inasmuch as Mexico is so close to the US, this might just be a new word in the Mexican lexicon.

I should have mentioned this was a conversation taking place between two Colombians. - EKolbinsky, Sep 25, 2016

I found the answer. "Mula" is short for "tractomula," meaning a tractor-trailer. - EKolbinsky, Sep 26, 2016