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los rodeos

detours, roundabout ways

→ rodeo
noun · masculine plural Rare #35,978
detours, roundabout ways Often used in the phrase “sin rodeos” = “straight to the point.”
SP: Dímelo sin rodeos, por favor.
EN: Tell me straight, please.

Deja de dar rodeos y dinos lo que realmente piensas.

Stop beating around the bush and tell us what you really think.

Déjese de rodeos.

Stop beating around the bush.

— O Auto da Compadecida (2000)

Nada de rodeos.

No beating around the bush.

Dan rodeos, por millas y millas.

They go around in circles, for miles and miles.

— El señor de los anillos: Las dos torres (2002)

Deja de dar rodeos y ve al grano.

Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.

No, hicimos rodeos antes de traerlo aquí.

No, we took a roundabout route before bringing it here.

— El imperio de las sombras (2016)

Déjese de rodeos y vaya a hacer lo que le dije.

Stop beating around the bush and go do what I told you.