1. A public spectacle featuring cowboys riding wild horses and bulls, roping cattle, and other livestock handling skills
The rodeo featured impressive bull-riding performances.
O rodeio apresentava impressionantes apresentações de montaria em touros.
2. A roundup of cattle or horses on a ranch
The ranch hands organized a rodeo to gather the scattered cattle.
Os peões organizaram um rodeio para reunir o gado espalhado.
3. A roundabout way; a detour or indirect route (figurative)
He took a rodeio to avoid the main road.
Ele fez um rodeio para evitar a estrada principal.