un rodeo

a detour

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a detour Usually used with dar: dar un rodeo means “to take a detour” or “to go the long way around.” It can also refer to an indirect approach to a subject or problem.

SP: Tuvimos que dar un rodeo para evitar el tráfico.

EN: We had to take a detour to avoid the traffic.

Daremos un rodeo.

We'll take a detour.

— Stalker (1979)

Tendrá que dar un rodeo.

You will have to take a detour.

— Dil se.. (1998)

Ha dado un rodeo.

He/She took a detour.

— Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989)

Por qué no das un rodeo y pasamos por el río?

Why don’t you take a detour so we can go by the river?

— Volver (2006)

Lleva dos hombres y da un rodeo.

He takes two men and goes around.

— Por un puñado de dólares (1964)

Di un rodeo para poder pensar.

I took a detour so I could think.