The Portuguese word for root is
raiz
Gender
The gender of raiz is feminine. E.g. a raiz.Plural
The plural of raiz is raízes.Portuguese Definition
| root | |
| 1. Substantivo. raiz |
Translations for root and their definitions
| raiz | |
| 1. n-f. (botany) root (part of a plant) | |
| 2. n-f. (dentistry) root (part of a tooth) | |
| 3. n-f. root (part of a hair) | |
| 4. n-f. (figurative) root (primary source) | |
| 5. n-f. (arithmetic) root (a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number) | |
| 6. n-f. (graph theory) root (the single node of a tree that has no parent) | |
| 7. n-f. (linguistics) root (primary lexical unit of a word) | |
| 8. n-f. (linguistics) root (word from which another word or words are derived) | |
| 9. n-f. (computing) root (highest directory of a directory structure) | |
| 10. n-f. (figurative usually in the plural) the place where one grew up |
| torcer | |
| 1. v. to twist (to turn the ends in opposite directions) | |
| 2. v. to wring (to squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out) | |
| 3. v. to twist (to injure a body part by bending it in the wrong direction) | |
| 4. v. to hope for something to happen | |
| 5. v. (sports) to support a team | |
| 6. v. (by extension) to hope for someone’s or something’s success |
| radical | |
| 1. n-m. (linguistic morphology) root (primary lexical unit of a word) | |
| 2. n. radical (person holding unorthodox views) | |
| 3. adj. radical (favouring fundamental change) | |
| 4. adj. drastic; extreme | |
| 5. adj. (Brazil, slang) excellent; awesome; thrilling | |
| 6. adj. (sports) extreme (dangerous) |
| root | |
| 1. n-m. (computing) root (user with complete access to the operating system) |
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