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ruedo

Spanish, noun/ˈrwedo/

ruedo is spelled R-U-E-D-O (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruedo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hem of a garment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rodar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de rodar”.

What does ruedo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehem of a garment

  2. 2

    masculinecircle, ring (of people)

  3. 3

    masculinearena, bullring

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of rodar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción de rodar. 2. Parte puesta o colocada alrededor de una cosa. 3. Refuerzo o forro con que se guarnecen interiormente por la parte inferior los vestidos talares. 4. Estera pequeña y redonda.

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 ruedo

  • ruedos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ruedo?

  • /ˈrwedo/
  • [ˈrwe.ð̞o]
  • [ˈrweð̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ruedo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ruedo in Spanish?

ruedo 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).

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