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echar raíces

Spanish, verb/eˌt͡ʃaɾ raˈiθes/

echar raíces is a Spanish verb meaning “to settle down; put down roots” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does echar raíces mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to settle down; put down roots

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Fijarse, establecerse en un lugar. 2. Afirmarse o agarrarse una pasión.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of echar raíces

  • echo raíces first-person present singular
  • eché raíces first-person preterite singular
  • echado raíces participle past

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce echar raíces?

  • /eˌt͡ʃaɾ raˈiθes/
  • [eˌt͡ʃaɾ raˈi.θes]
  • /eˌt͡ʃaɾ raˈises/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.