rodeo

m.

1 detour (camino largo).

dar un rodeo to make a detour

2 rodeo.

3 rounding up.

4 roundabout means, roundup, dodge, round-up.

5 circuit, long way round.

6 cattle roundup, driving together of cattle for inspection and branding.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: rodear.

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rodeo

► nombre masculino

1 (desviación) detour

2 (elusión) evasiveness

3 (de ganado) roundup; (espectáculo) rodeo

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FRASEOLOGÍA

andarse con rodeos to beat about the bush

dar un rodeo to make a detour

no andarse con rodeos to get straight to the point

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SM

1) (=ruta indirecta) long way round, roundabout way; (=desvío) detour

dar un rodeo — to make a detour

2) [en discurso] circumlocution

andarse con rodeos — to beat about the bush

no te andes con rodeos, déjate de rodeos — stop beating about the bush

hablar sin rodeos — to speak plainly

3) LAm (Agr) roundup

4) (Dep) rodeo

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masculino

1) (desvío) detour

dar un rodeo — to make a detour

andar(se) con rodeos — to beat about the bush

2) (Agr) roundup; (Espec) rodeo

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= circumlocution, rodeo.

Ex. Apart from its apparent implication that mankind had previously been subjected to mass mutilation, this statement, tested against my desk dictionary, fits admirably the definitions of prolixity, verbosity, circumlocution and tautology.

Ex. The short stories cover such topics as horses, the seasons of spring and summer, the family, the rodeo, home, herding sheep, and weaving a rug.

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* andarse con rodeos = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.

* hablando sin rodeos = crudely put.

* no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.

* sin rodeos = head-on, baldly, bluntly, outspokenly.

* tratar Algo sin rodeos = address + Nombre + head-on, meet + Nombre + head-on, tackle + Nombre + head-on, face + Nombre + head-on.

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masculino

1) (desvío) detour

dar un rodeo — to make a detour

andar(se) con rodeos — to beat about the bush

2) (Agr) roundup; (Espec) rodeo

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= circumlocution, rodeo.

Ex: Apart from its apparent implication that mankind had previously been subjected to mass mutilation, this statement, tested against my desk dictionary, fits admirably the definitions of prolixity, verbosity, circumlocution and tautology.

Ex: The short stories cover such topics as horses, the seasons of spring and summer, the family, the rodeo, home, herding sheep, and weaving a rug.

* andarse con rodeos = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.

* hablando sin rodeos = crudely put.

* no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.

* sin rodeos = head-on, baldly, bluntly, outspokenly.

* tratar Algo sin rodeos = address + Nombre + head-on, meet + Nombre + head-on, tackle + Nombre + head-on, face + Nombre + head-on.

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rodeo

masculine

A

1 (desvío) detour

tuve que dar un gran rodeo I had to make a long detour o take a very long way around

2

(evasiva): no andes con tantos rodeos stop beating about the bush

B

1 (Agr) roundup

2 (Espec) rodeo

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Del verbo rodear: (conjugate rodear)

rodeo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

rodeó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
rodear    
rodeo
rodear (conjugate rodear) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹edificio/persona› to surround;

rodeo algo DE algo to surround sth with sth;

◊ las circunstancias que rodeoon su muerte the circumstances surrounding his death;

le rodeó la cintura con los brazos he put his arms around her waist

b) (AmL) ‹ganado› to round up

2 (estar alrededor de) to surround;

◊ todos los que lo rodean everyone who works with him/knows him

rodearse verbo pronominal rodeose DE algo/algn to surround oneself with sth/sb
rodeo sustantivo masculino

a) (desvío) detour;

◊ dar un rodeo to make a detour;

andarse con rodeos to beat about the bush

b) (Espec) rodeo

rodear
I verbo transitivo
1 (con algo) to surround
rodear con los brazos, to put one's arms around
2 (un asunto) to avoid
II verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo (un camino) to go round, make a detour
rodeo sustantivo masculino
1 (en el camino) detour
2 pl (al hablar) circumlocution: déjate de rodeos, stop beating about the bush
hablar sin rodeos, to speak out plainly
3 (de animales) rodeo
'rodeo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
preámbulo
- charrería
- jaripeo
- rodear
English:
rodeo
- around
- detour
- round

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rodeo nm

1. [camino largo] detour;

dar un rodeo to make a detour

2. [evasiva]

rodeos evasiveness;

andar o [m5]ir con rodeos to beat about the bush;

habló sin rodeos he didn't beat about the bush

3. [espectáculo] rodeo

4. [reunión de ganado] rounding up

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rodeo

m

1 en recorrido detour;

andarse con rodeos beat about the bush;

hablar sin rodeos speak plainly, get straight to the point;

dejarse de rodeos stop beating about the bush

2 con caballos y vaqueros etc rodeo

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rodeo nm

1) : rodeo, roundup

2) desvío: detour

3) : evasion

andar con rodeos: to beat around the bush

sin rodeos: without reservations