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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
root [sth] out vtr phrasal sep	(find and eliminate)	extirpar⇒ vtr
	It's almost impossible to root out the causes of poverty.
	Si se extirparan las causas de la pobreza, me gustaría vivir para verlo.
		erradicar⇒ vtr
	Es casi imposible erradicar las causas de la pobreza.
root [sth/sb] out vtr phrasal sep	(hunt down)	buscar hasta dar con alguien, buscar hasta dar con algo loc verb
	The Prime Minister was determined to root out the terrorists and bring them to justice.
	El Primer Ministro estaba determinado a buscar hasta dar con los terroristas y traerlos ante la justicia.

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
root out the evil v expr	(eliminate bad influences)	erradicar el mal loc verb
	The second grade teacher saw it as her duty to root out the evil in her pupils.
	La maestra de segundo grado consideraba que era su deber erradicar el mal de entre los alumnos.
		arrancar el mal de raíz loc verb
	La maestra de segundo grado consideraba que era su deber arrancar el mal de raíz de entre los alumnos.
		acabar con las malas influencias, extirpar las malas influencias loc verb
	La maestra de segundo grado consideraba que era su deber acabar con las malas influencias entre los alumnos.

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'root out' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

Spanish:

extirpar - arrancar el mal de raíz - desarraigar - radicalmente

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