fazer rodeios
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to make detours”.
Verb
editfazer rodeios (first-person singular present faço rodeios, first-person singular preterite fiz rodeios, past participle feito rodeios)
- (idiomatic) to beat around the bush (to treat a topic but omit its main points)
- Synonyms: enrolar, procrastinar, adiar
- Antonyms: sem fazer rodeios, sem rodeios
Conjugation
edit1Brazil only.