rodear
Spanish, verb/rodeˈaɾ/
rodear is spelled R-O-D-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,753rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rodear is a Spanish verb meaning “to round up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estar cosas alrededor de alguien o algo”.
What does rodear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to round up
- 2
to surround
- 3
to go around
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estar cosas alrededor de alguien o algo. 2. Ponerse personas o animales alrededor de alguien o algo. 3. Poner cosas alrededor de alguien o algo. 4. Llevar el ganado desde donde pace al lugar en que se le reúne.
verb: 1. Andar alrededor. 2. Al caminar, dar una vuelta más larga que lo normal. 3. Cuando se habla, no ir al grano, usar circunloquios. 4. Demorarse en realizar alguna o algunas actividades.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rodear
- rodeo first-person present singular
- rodeé first-person preterite singular
- rodeado participle past
- rodeando gerund
- rodeada feminine participle past
- rodeados masculine participle past
- rodeadas feminine participle past
- rodeas indicative informal present
- rodeás indicative informal present
- rodea indicative present singular
- rodeamos first-person indicative plural
- rodeáis indicative plural present
- rodean indicative plural present
- rodeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rodeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rodeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rodeabais imperfect indicative plural
- rodeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rodear?
- /rodeˈaɾ/
- [ro.ð̞eˈaɾ]
- [roð̞eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rodear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rodear in Spanish?
rodear appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).