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rodizio

rodizio noun: a Brazilian all-you-can-eat restaurant, most especially a churrascaria steakhouse restaurant which primarily serves grilled meats.

Noun

rodizio (plural rodizios)

  1. A Brazilian all-you-can-eat restaurant, most especially a churrascaria steakhouse restaurant which primarily serves grilled meats.
    • The nine meats in the rodizio — skewers of which are held aloft by waiters roaming the dining room — were of varying quality. Best were the succulent chicken, juicy sausages, turkey wrapped in bacon and flavorful skirt steak.2012 March 30, Joanne Starkey, “All You Can Eat, and Then Some”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Forms of rodizio

pluralrodizios

Origin of rodizio

Borrowed from Portuguese rodízio.

Questions about rodizio

What does rodizio mean?
Rodizio means a Brazilian all-you-can-eat restaurant, most especially a churrascaria steakhouse restaurant which primarily serves grilled meats.
What part of speech is rodizio?
Rodizio is a noun.
What is the plural of rodizio?
The plural of rodizio is rodizios.

Words near rodizio in the dictionary

  1. rodingitized
  2. rodings
  3. Rodinia
  4. Rodinian
  5. Rodis
  6. rodizio
  7. rodizios
  8. rodkaal
  9. Rodkey
  10. Rodkeys
  11. rodknight

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