What do Brazilians call Roundabout: rotatória, retorno, rótula, contorno or bola??

roundabout

The official and safest nationwide name for a roundabout. In the ALiB inland survey it was strongest through central Brazil and also common in inland São Paulo and northern Paraná.

A pesquisa registrou rotatória como nome da interseção circular.The survey recorded rotatória as a name for a roundabout.

roundabout

ALiB speakers used retorno for the circular junction itself, especially across the Northeast. In formal traffic language retorno usually means a U-turn or turning facility, so context matters.

A pesquisa registrou retorno como nome de rotatória.The survey recorded retorno as a name for a roundabout.

roundabout

The characteristic southern name for a roundabout, especially in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, with some influence in Paraná. ALiB also found isolated uses outside the South.

A pesquisa registrou rótula como nome de rotatória.The survey recorded rótula as a name for a roundabout.

roundabout

A regional name for a roundabout with its clearest concentration in Bahia, particularly the sertão. It also appeared more diffusely elsewhere, so the boundary is not exclusive.

A pesquisa registrou contorno como nome de rotatória.The survey recorded contorno as a name for a roundabout.

roundabout

A shape-based regional name for a roundabout recorded only in northern Brazil in this ALiB inland sample. This is a separate sense from the everyday word bola, “ball”.

A pesquisa registrou bola como nome de rotatória.The survey recorded bola as a name for a roundabout.