echar raíces
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[edit]Verb
[edit]echar raíces (first-person singular present echo raíces, first-person singular preterite eché raíces, past participle echado raíces)
- 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
- She was always afraid of putting down roots
Further reading
[edit]- “echar raíces”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014