de raíz
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “from (the) root”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de raˈiθ/ [d̪e raˈiθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /de raˈis/ [d̪e raˈis] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: de ra‧íz
Adverb
- (idiomatic) at the base, at grass roots level.
Further reading
- “de raíz”, 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