raíz

Translation

s.f.

› (de una planta, de un diente)

⇨ root

› (en matemáticas)

⇨ root

raíz cuadrada

square root

echar raíces (una planta)

⇨ to take root

(col.) (una persona)

⇨ to put down roots

(Definition of raíz s.f. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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