de cuajo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de ˈkwaxo/ [d̪e ˈkwa.xo]
- Syllabification: de cua‧jo
Adverb
- (idiomatic) by its roots
- arrancar de cuajo el árbol
- to uproot a tree
- (idiomatic) in one go, by ripping out
- arrancó de cuajo las entrañas del animal
- she ripped out the animal's guts
Further reading
- “de cuajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024