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rodeo

detour

noun rroh-DEH-oh Rare

Also means

rodeo

Usage Note

Rodeo primarily means a roundabout route or a circumlocution (hablar sin rodeos — 'to speak plainly', literally 'without detours'). In the Americas it also denotes the cowboy sporting event borrowed into English as 'rodeo'. The idiom sin rodeos is very common in everyday speech and is a useful expression for learners.

Examples

"Llegamos tarde por un rodeo inevitable."

Natural Translation

We arrived late because of an unavoidable detour.

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