rodar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rotāre (compare French rouer, Spanish rodar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈða]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [roˈða]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [roˈðaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

rodar (first-person singular present rodo, first-person singular preterite rodí, past participle rodat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to spin, turn, rotate
2. to roll
3. to film, shoot

   Synonym: filmar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rodar (first conjugation)

infinitive			rodar
gerund			rodant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rodat		rodada
		plural		rodats		rodades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rodo	rodes	roda	rodem	rodeu	roden
	imperfect	rodava	rodaves	rodava	rodàvem	rodàveu	rodaven
	future	rodaré	rodaràs	rodarà	rodarem	rodareu	rodaran
	preterite	rodí	rodares	rodà	rodàrem	rodàreu	rodaren
	conditional	rodaria	rodaries	rodaria	rodaríem	rodaríeu	rodarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rodi	rodis	rodi	rodem	rodeu	rodin
	imperfect	rodés	rodessis	rodés	rodéssim	rodéssiu	rodessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	roda	rodi	rodem	rodeu	rodin
	negative (no)	—	no rodis	no rodi	no rodem	no rodeu	no rodin

Derived terms

• roda-soques
• rodada
• rodament
• rodamón
• rodatge

Related terms

• roda

Further reading

• “rodar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “rodar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “rodar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rodar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin rotāre. By surface analysis, roda (“wheel”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈdaɾ/ [roˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

rodar (first-person singular present rodo, first-person singular preterite rodei, past participle rodado)

1. to roll

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rodar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rodar
Personal	rodar	rodares	rodar	rodarmos	rodardes	rodaren
Gerund
	rodando
Past participle
Masculine	rodado			rodados
Feminine	rodada			rodadas
Indicative
Present	rodo	rodas	roda	rodamos	rodades	rodan
Imperfect	rodaba	rodabas	rodaba	rodabamos	rodabades	rodaban
Preterite	rodei	rodaches	rodou	rodamos	rodastes	rodaron
Pluperfect	rodara	rodaras	rodara	rodaramos	rodarades	rodaran
Future	rodarei	rodarás	rodará	rodaremos	rodaredes	rodarán
Conditional	rodaría	rodarías	rodaría	rodariamos	rodariades	rodarían
Subjunctive
Present	rode	rodes	rode	rodemos	rodedes	roden
Imperfect	rodase	rodases	rodase	rodásemos	rodásedes	rodasen
Future	rodar	rodares	rodar	rodarmos	rodardes	rodaren
Imperative
Affirmative		roda	rode	rodemos	rodade	roden
Negative (non)		non rodes	non rode	non rodemos	non rodedes	non roden

    Reintegrated conjugation of rodar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rodar
Personal	rodar	rodares	rodar	rodarmos	rodardes	rodarem
Gerund
	rodando
Past participle
Masculine	rodado			rodados
Feminine	rodada			rodadas
Indicative
Present	rodo	rodas	roda	rodamos	rodades, rodais	rodam
Imperfect	rodava	rodavas	rodava	rodávamos	rodávades, rodáveis, rodávais1	rodavam
Preterite	rodei	rodaste, rodache1	rodou	rodamos	rodastes	rodárom, rodaram
Pluperfect	rodara	rodaras	rodara	rodáramos	rodárades, rodáreis, rodárais1	rodaram
Future	rodarei	rodarás	rodará	rodaremos	rodaredes, rodareis	rodarám, rodarão
Conditional	rodaria	rodarias	rodaria	rodaríamos	rodaríades, rodaríeis, rodaríais1	rodariam
Subjunctive
Present	rode	rodes	rode	rodemos	rodedes, rodeis	rodem
Imperfect	rodasse	rodasses	rodasse	rodássemos	rodássedes, rodásseis	rodassem
Future	rodar	rodares	rodar	rodarmos	rodardes	rodarem
Imperative
Affirmative		roda	rode	rodemos	rodade, rodai	rodem
Negative (nom)		nom rodes	nom rode	nom rodemos	nom rodedes, nom rodeis	nom rodem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• roda

Ido

Etymology

From Latin rōdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈdar/

Verb

rodar (present tense rodas, past tense rodis, future tense rodos, imperative rodez, conditional rodus)

1. to gnaw

Conjugation

Conjugation of rodar

		present		past		future
infinitive		rodar		rodir		rodor
tense		rodas		rodis		rodos
conditional		rodus		—		—
imperative		rodez		—		—
adjective active participle		rodanta		rodinta		rodonta
adverbial active participle		rodante		rodinte		rodonte
nominal active participle	singular	rodanto		rodinto		rodonto
	plural	rodanti		rodinti		rodonti
adjective passive participle		rodata		rodita		rodota
adverbial passive participle		rodate		rodite		rodote
nominal passive participle	singular	rodato		rodito		rodoto
	plural	rodati		roditi		rodoti

Latin

Verb

rōdar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of rōdō

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin rotāre. Compare the borrowed doublet rotar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈda(ʁ)/ [hoˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈda(ʁ)/ [hoˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈda(ɾ)/ [hoˈda(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈda(ʁ)/ [χoˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈda(ɻ)/ [hoˈda(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈdaɾ/ [ʁuˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈdaɾ/ [ʁuˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈda.ɾi/ [ʁuˈða.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ro‧dar

Verb

rodar (first-person singular present rodo, first-person singular preterite rodei, past participle rodado)

1. to rotate, revolve, turn

   Synonym: girar

2. (film, transitive) to film, to shoot

   Synonym: filmar

3. (Brazil, informal, computing) to run a program

   Synonym: (Portugal) correr

4. (dated, transitive) to copy (something written/drawn on paper) using a mimeograph

   rodar as provas, rodar os panfletos ― copy the exams, copy the handouts

5. (Brazil, slang, intransitive, transitive) to be caught and punished (by authorities)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rodar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rodar
Personal	rodar	rodares	rodar	rodarmos	rodardes	rodarem
Gerund
	rodando
Past participle
Masculine	rodado			rodados
Feminine	rodada			rodadas
Indicative
Present	rodo	rodas	roda	rodamos	rodais	rodam
Imperfect	rodava	rodavas	rodava	rodávamos	rodáveis	rodavam
Preterite	rodei	rodaste	rodou	rodamos1, rodámos2	rodastes	rodaram
Pluperfect	rodara	rodaras	rodara	rodáramos	rodáreis	rodaram
Future	rodarei	rodarás	rodará	rodaremos	rodareis	rodarão
Conditional	rodaria	rodarias	rodaria	rodaríamos	rodaríeis	rodariam
Subjunctive
Present	rode	rodes	rode	rodemos	rodeis	rodem
Imperfect	rodasse	rodasses	rodasse	rodássemos	rodásseis	rodassem
Future	rodar	rodares	rodar	rodarmos	rodardes	rodarem
Imperative
Affirmative		roda	rode	rodemos	rodai	rodem
Negative (não)		não rodes	não rode	não rodemos	não rodeis	não rodem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• rodada
• rodagem
• rodapé
• rodar a baiana

Related terms

• roda

Further reading

• “rodar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “rodar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rotāre. Compare the borrowed doublet rotar. Cognate with English rotate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈdaɾ/ [roˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ro‧dar

Verb

rodar (first-person singular present ruedo, first-person singular preterite rodé, past participle rodado)

1. (ambitransitive) to roll, rotate
2. (transitive) to film

   Synonym: filmar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rodar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rodar
gerund			rodando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rodado		rodada
		plural		rodados		rodadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ruedo	ruedastú rodásvos	rueda	rodamos	rodáis	ruedan
	imperfect	rodaba	rodabas	rodaba	rodábamos	rodabais	rodaban
	preterite	rodé	rodaste	rodó	rodamos	rodasteis	rodaron
	future	rodaré	rodarás	rodará	rodaremos	rodaréis	rodarán
	conditional	rodaría	rodarías	rodaría	rodaríamos	rodaríais	rodarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ruede	ruedestú rodésvos2	ruede	rodemos	rodéis	rueden
	imperfect (ra)	rodara	rodaras	rodara	rodáramos	rodarais	rodaran
	imperfect (se)	rodase	rodases	rodase	rodásemos	rodaseis	rodasen
	future1	rodare	rodares	rodare	rodáremos	rodareis	rodaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ruedatú rodávos	ruede	rodemos	rodad	rueden
	negative		no ruedes	no ruede	no rodemos	no rodéis	no rueden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of rodar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rodar	dative	rodarme	rodarte	rodarle, rodarse	rodarnos	rodaros	rodarles, rodarse
	accusative	rodarme	rodarte	rodarlo, rodarla, rodarse	rodarnos	rodaros	rodarlos, rodarlas, rodarse
with gerund rodando	dative	rodándome	rodándote	rodándole, rodándose	rodándonos	rodándoos	rodándoles, rodándose
	accusative	rodándome	rodándote	rodándolo, rodándola, rodándose	rodándonos	rodándoos	rodándolos, rodándolas, rodándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rueda	dative	ruédame	ruédate	ruédale	ruédanos	not used	ruédales
	accusative	ruédame	ruédate	ruédalo, ruédala	ruédanos	not used	ruédalos, ruédalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rodá	dative	rodame	rodate	rodale	rodanos	not used	rodales
	accusative	rodame	rodate	rodalo, rodala	rodanos	not used	rodalos, rodalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ruede	dative	ruédeme	not used	ruédele, ruédese	ruédenos	not used	ruédeles
	accusative	ruédeme	not used	ruédelo, ruédela, ruédese	ruédenos	not used	ruédelos, ruédelas
with first-person plural imperative rodemos	dative	not used	rodémoste	rodémosle	rodémonos	rodémoos	rodémosles
	accusative	not used	rodémoste	rodémoslo, rodémosla	rodémonos	rodémoos	rodémoslos, rodémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rodad	dative	rodadme	not used	rodadle	rodadnos	rodaos	rodadles
	accusative	rodadme	not used	rodadlo, rodadla	rodadnos	rodaos	rodadlos, rodadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rueden	dative	ruédenme	not used	ruédenle	ruédennos	not used	ruédenles, ruédense
	accusative	ruédenme	not used	ruédenlo, ruédenla	ruédennos	not used	ruédenlos, ruédenlas, ruédense

Related terms

• rodadura
• rodaje
• rotar
• rueda
• ruedamierda
• ruedo

Further reading

• “rodar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10