1. (f.) raíz - she pulled the weeds up by the roots: arrancó las malas hierbas de raíz his roots are in Ireland: tiene sus raíces en Irlanda we still haven't got to the root of the problem: todavía no hemos llegado a la raíz del problema the plants took root: las plantas echaron raíces arraigaron he finally put down roots in Glasgow: al final echó raíces en Glasgow

1. (vi) echar raíces, arraigar plant

1. (vt) - they were rooted to the spot: se quedaron paralizados de miedo

1. (vi) hurgar - she was rooting around in her bag for the keys: hurgaba en el bolso buscando las llaves root about ¿ around

1. (vt) alentar - the crowd was rooting for him: el público lo alentaba root for

1. (vt) erradicar, cortar de raíz - they resolved to root out these prejudices: resolvieron erradicar estos prejuicios root out

1. (m.) tubérculo root vegetable