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},
"expansion": "babes",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese non-lemma forms",
"Portuguese verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "babar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular present subjunctive of babar"
],
"links": [
[
"babar",
"babar#Portuguese"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
}
],
"word": "babes"
}
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