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Rodízio
Literal meaning: "Rotation"
All-you-can-eat style restaurant (Brazil)
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What does it mean?
"Rodízio" describes Brazil's famous all-you-can-eat restaurant style, most iconically at churrascarias (steakhouses) where servers circulate with skewers of grilled meat until you flip a card from green to red to stop. A genuinely iconic piece of Brazilian dining culture.
How to use it
Everyday and well-known, especially for churrasco (barbecue). "Vamos num rodízio" is a common plan for a big group meal.
Example sentences
Let's go to an all-you-can-eat churrascaria.
Vamos num rodízio de churrasco.
This all-you-can-eat place has amazing meat.
Esse rodízio tem uma carne incrível.
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