cortar de raízSpanishPronunciationcortar de raizLiteral Translation Cut from the rootEquivalent idioms in other languagesThis is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.ListMapEnglishNip in the budFrenchétouffer dans l'œufto smother in the eggPortugueseCortar o mal pela raizCut the evil by the rootLogin to correlate with other idioms