Kilo Lingo

/roðeˈaɾ/

Line drawing of rodear
Coloured illustration of rodear
#1644 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to surround, to encircle

Word origin

From rueda ('wheel'), from Latin rota, via the idea of turning around something.

Origin
Latin
Root
rota
English cognates
rotate, round

Grammar

Verb type-ar regular (1st group)

Examples

amanecer.

The soldiers surrounded the town before dawn.

muro .

A stone wall surrounds the whole garden.

consolarla.

Her friends gathered around her to comfort her.

.

We had to go around the lake to reach the other side.

¡ tantas !

I do not like being surrounded by so many questions!

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 33.