rondo
Spanish, noun
rondo is spelled R-O-N-D-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rondo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rondo; keep-away, piggy in the middle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rondar. With an accent, rondó is a different word: “rondo”.
What does rondo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerondo; keep-away, piggy in the middle
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of rondar
noun
- 1
masculinerondo
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of rondar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forma de verso basada en dos sonidos de rima y que generalmente consta de 13 versos en tres estrofas, donde las palabras iniciales del primer verso de la primera estrofa se utilizan como estribillo independiente después de la segunda y tercera estrofa. 2. Canción monofónica con estribillo a dos voces.
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 rondo
- rondos plural
- rondós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rondo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rondo in Spanish?
rondo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).