echar raíces

Spanish

Verb

echar raíces (first-person singular present echo raíces, first-person singular preterite eché raíces, past participle echado raíces)

1. to settle down; put down roots
   • 1980, “El Hombre del Piano”, Víctor Manuel (lyrics), Billy Joel (music), performed by Ana Belén:

     Ella siempre temió echar raíces
     Que pudieran sus alas cortar

     She was always afraid of putting down roots
     which would her wings clip

Further reading

• “echar raíces”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014