Polyglot Dictionary

raiz

/xaˈis/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
raízes

Meaning

  1. root

    • A raiz da árvore.

      The root of the tree.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

antepassado

Close, figuratively — "roots" means ancestors.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

raíz

raíz is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "root."

Practice

1 What does raiz mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ da árvore.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches raiz?

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