Usage Note
Óvalo functions as both a noun (the oval shape) and, in Peru and some other countries, as the standard word for a traffic roundabout — equivalent to Spain's glorieta or the general rotonda. The written accent distinguishes it from ovalo (rare verbal form).
Examples
"La pista de carreras tiene forma de óvalo."
Natural Translation
The racetrack has the shape of an oval.

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