echar raíces

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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

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