root for

English

Verb

root for (third-person singular simple present roots for, present participle rooting for, simple past and past participle rooted for)

1. (transitive, informal) To support (a favored person, team, or result).

   I'm rooting for my cousin's team.

   I'm rooting for a happy ending to this story.

   • 1994 November 13, Mike Scully, “Lisa on Ice”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 8, spoken by Marge Simpson (Julie Kavner), production code 6F18:

     Homer, we can't root for one child over the other. You wouldn't like it if the kids played favorites with us.

Synonyms

• barrack
• support
• cheer on

Translations

encourage a favored person

• Azerbaijani: azarkeşlik etmək, tutmaq (az)
• Catalan: animar (ca)
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: supporteren (nl)
• Finnish: kannustaa (fi), kannattaa (fi)
• French: animer (fr)
• Galician: animar (gl), alentar (gl)
• German: sich einsetzen (de), propagieren (de), anfeuern (de),
• Hungarian: drukkol (hu)
• Irish: tacaigh le
• Italian: tifare (it), fare il tifo (it)
• Japanese: 〜を応援する (ja) (wo ōen suru)
• Polish: kibicować (pl) impf, dopingować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: animar (pt), torcer (pt)
• Russian: болеть (ru) (boletʹ), топить (ru) (topitʹ)
• Spanish: animar a, alentar a, apoyar a, hinchar por, hacer barra
• Swedish: heja på (sv), hålla på (sv)
• Ukrainian: вболівати impf (vbolivaty)