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rodeo

Spanish, noun

rodeo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “detour (a diversion or deviation from one's original route)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rodear. With an accent, rodeó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of rodear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de rodear”.

What does rodeo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedetour (a diversion or deviation from one's original route)

  2. 2

    masculinean instance of talking around or circumventing

  3. 3

    masculinerodeo (North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of rodear

verb

as rodeó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of rodear

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de rodear. 2. Camino más largo que el habitual, usado para evitar obstáculos o dificultades que presenta el camino más corto. 3. Vuelta para escapar de un perseguidor. 4. Forma indirecta de expresar las cosas, evitando ir directamente al grano.

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 rodeo

  • rodeos plural

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

English words that translate to rodeo

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

How common is rodeo in Spanish?

rodeo appears 3.5 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).