rodeo

See also: Rodeo, rodéo, and rodeó

English

Etymology

From Spanish rodeo, from rodear (“to surround”), which refers to a cattle roundup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊ.di.oʊ/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

rodeo (plural rodeos)

1. A gathering of cattle to be branded.
2. (sports) A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock.
3. An entertainment event associated with the sport.

Derived terms

• been to the rodeo
• buffer rodeo
• goat rodeo
• not one's first rodeo
• roadeo
• rodeo clown
• rolleo

Translations

sport

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅德奧, 罗德奥 (luōdé'ào)

• Czech: rodeo (cs) n
• Esperanto: rodeo
• French: rodéo (fr) m
• German: Rodeo (de) m or n
• Japanese: ロデオ (rodeo)
• Korean: 로데오 (rode'o)
• Navajo: ahóóhai, naaʼahóóhai aleeh
• Plautdietsch: Rodeo m
• Polish: rodeo (pl) n
• Portuguese: rodeio (pt) m
• Russian: роде́о (ru) n (rodɛ́o)
• Spanish: jaripeo (es) m, rodeo (es) m
• Turkish: rodeo (tr)

Verb

rodeo (third-person singular simple present rodeos, present participle rodeoing, simple past and past participle rodeoed)

1. To perform in a rodeo show.

Anagrams

• doore

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Czech

Noun

rodeo n

1. rodeo

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Finnish

Etymology

English rodeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrodeo/, [ˈro̞de̞o̞]
• Rhymes: -odeo
• Syllabification^(key): ro‧de‧o

Noun

rodeo

1. rodeo

Declension

Inflection of rodeo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		rodeo	rodeot
genitive		rodeon	rodeoiden rodeoitten
partitive		rodeota	rodeoita
illative		rodeoon	rodeoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rodeo	rodeot
accusative	nom.	rodeo	rodeot
	gen.	rodeon
genitive		rodeon	rodeoiden rodeoitten
partitive		rodeota	rodeoita
inessive		rodeossa	rodeoissa
elative		rodeosta	rodeoista
illative		rodeoon	rodeoihin
adessive		rodeolla	rodeoilla
ablative		rodeolta	rodeoilta
allative		rodeolle	rodeoille
essive		rodeona	rodeoina
translative		rodeoksi	rodeoiksi
instructive		—	rodeoin
abessive		rodeotta	rodeoitta
comitative		—	rodeoineen

Possessive forms of rodeo (type valtio)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	rodeoni	rodeomme
2nd person	rodeosi	rodeonne
3rd person	rodeonsa

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Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish rodeo.

Noun

rodeo m (plural rodei)

1. rodeo

Etymology 2

From its genus name.

Noun

rodeo m (plural rodei)

1. bitterling (any fish of the genus Rhodeus)

Anagrams

• erodo, odore

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Latvian

Noun

rodeo m (invariable)

1. rodeo

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rodeo, from Spanish rodear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔˈdɛ.ɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛɔ
• Syllabification: ro‧de‧o

Noun

rodeo n (indeclinable)

1. (sports) rodeo
2. rodeo (gathering of cattle to be branded)

Further reading

• rodeo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rodeo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From Spanish rodeo or French rodéo.

Noun

rodeo n (uncountable)

1. rodeo

Declension

declension of rodeo (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rodeo	rodeoul
genitive/dative	(unui) rodeo	rodeoului
vocative	rodeoule

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Spanish

Etymology

From rodear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈdeo/ [roˈð̞e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: ro‧de‧o

Noun

rodeo m (plural rodeos)

1. detour (a diversion or deviation from one's original route)

   Synonym: desvío

2. talk around, circumvent
3. (sports) rodeo (North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock)

Derived terms

• andarse con rodeos

Verb

rodeo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rodear

Further reading

• “rodeo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014