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rodeo
masculine noun
1detour (camino largo)
  • dar un rodeo -> to make a detour
2(evasiva)
  • rodeos -> evasiveness
  • andar o ir con rodeos -> to beat about the bush
  • hablar sin rodeos -> to come straight to the point
3rodeo (espectáculo)
4rounding up (reunión de ganado)

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rodeo [ro-day’-o]
noun
1Detour, the act of going round; a circuitous way or road; turn to elude another (desvío). (m)
2Place in a fair or market where horned cattle are exposed to sale. (m)
3Delay, protraction, tedious method. (m)
4Evasion (evasión), subterfuge. (m)
5Enclosing cattle for the purpose of counting and marking them. (Colloquial & Mexico) (m)
6Roundup, rodeo. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
  • Dar un rodeo -> to make a detour
  • Dejarse de rodeos -> to talk straight

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rodeo
sustantivo:masculino
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 (Latinoamérica) (Agr) roundup
4 (Dep) rodeo

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