rodar
/roˈdaɾ/ · A2 · verb
to roll, rotate
🛞🎬 rodar = rueda (wheel) + -ar: to wheel along; film reels roll too
From Latin rota, wheel, the same root as English rotate and rodeo. A wheel rolls, so rodar is to roll or turn. Film once ran on spinning reels, so rodar una película means to shoot a film: the cameras are rolling.