Meanings
nounrodizio (plural rodizios)
plural rodizios
- 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
Origin
- Portugueserodízio
- Englishrodizio
Borrowed from Portuguese rodízio.
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APA
rodizio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rodizio
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“rodizio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rodizio. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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