Bogota

Meaning

A name you give to any vehicle that looks horrible or breaks down easily.

Tanpri pa achte vye bogota sa a!

Please don't buy this worthless, broken down vehicle.

M pa sezi bogota sa a anpàn.

I am not surprised this junk car broke down.

The saying bogota is likely derived from the Creole word bogi (bogus in English), which means fake or not genuine.

In Haiti, used cars are common and the reliability of a car is taken seriously.

As such, when a car horribly fails to meet those expectations, it is considered a bogus — a bogota.