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Pronúncia: ruːt
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noun
- also figurative arrel.
- Grammar radical.
- cube root arrel (cúbica \ terça).
- square root arrel (quadrada \ segona).
- root and branch completament, del tot.
- money is the root of all evil el diner és l'origen de tots els mals.
- the root of the problem is that... el quid del problema és que...
- to lie at the root of... ser la causa de...
- what lies at the root of his attitude? quin és el motiu de la seva actitud?
- to pull a plant up by the root arrencar una planta de soca-rel.
- to put down one's root in a country arrelar-se en un país, establir-s'hi per sempre.
- to (strike \ take) root arrelar-se, posar arrels.
- to strike at the root of an evil tallar un mal d'arrel. adjective
- root idea idea (bàsica \ essencial).
- root cause causa primera. transitive verb
- [plant] fer arrelar.
- to root out arrabassar, arrencar de soca-rel, desarrelar.
- figurative extirpar, suprimir del tot.
- to (be \ remain) rooted to the spot restar clavat en terra (de por, d'esbalaïment, etc.) .
- it is firmly rooted in all minds that... tothom està fermament convençut que...
- a rooted prejudice un prejudici molt arrelat. intransitive verb
- Botany (criar \ posar) arrels, arrelar.
- to root about [pig] fotjar, grufar.
- (idem) figurative buscar d'una banda a l'altra (for something alguna cosa).
- to root (among \ in) papers [of person] (furgar \ remenar) entre la paperassa.
- to root for figurative donar suport a, animar.