de cuajo

Spanish

Adverb

(idiomatic) by its roots
arrancar de cuajo el árbol
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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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