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Noun [English]

Forms: jefes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jefe (“leader, boss”), from Old French chief, from Latin caput. Doublet of chief, chef, caput, and head. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|jefe|t=leader, boss}} Borrowed from Spanish jefe (“leader, boss”), {{der|en|fro|chief}} Old French chief, {{der|en|la|caput}} Latin caput, {{doublet|en|chief|chef|caput|head}} Doublet of chief, chef, caput, and head Head templates: {{en-noun}} jefe (plural jefes), {{tlb|en|US}} (US)
  1. (informal) An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of Mexican descent. Tags: US, informal
    Sense id: en-jefe-en-noun-BiXBzsb7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Leaders Disambiguation of American English: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 2 5 3 18 12 20 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Leaders: 88 12
  2. A boss in a business, company, or other organization. Tags: US Translations (business boss): pomo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-jefe-en-noun-nrg8mJh7 Disambiguation of 'business boss': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jefe político
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈxefe/, [ˈxe.fe] Forms: jefes [plural], jefa [feminine], jefe [feminine], jefas [feminine, plural], jefes [feminine, plural], gefe [alternative, obsolete], xefe [alternative]
Rhymes: -efe Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish xefe, from Old French chief, from Latin caput. Compare Portuguese chefe. Doublet of cabo and chef. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|xefe|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish xefe, {{inh+|es|osp|xefe}} Inherited from Old Spanish xefe, {{der|es|fro|chief}} Old French chief, {{der|es|la|caput}} Latin caput, {{cog|pt|chefe}} Portuguese chefe, {{doublet|es|cabo|chef}} Doublet of cabo and chef Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=jefa,#}} jefe m (plural jefes, feminine jefa or jefe, feminine plural jefas or jefes)
  1. chief; president; head; leader of a business, political party, or other organization Tags: masculine Synonyms: superior
    Sense id: en-jefe-es-noun-WF1yIzZz
  2. boss; supervisor; manager Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-jefe-es-noun-vYMxQlu5
  3. (military) colonel; major; rank between captain and general Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-jefe-es-noun-pVK0mxGd Categories (other): Military ranks, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 2 5 3 18 12 20 23 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  4. (heraldry) chief Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-jefe-es-noun-koWCe4Ax Categories (other): Heraldic charges, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 2 5 3 18 12 20 23 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  5. (video games) boss Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-jefe-es-noun-pefAAkQ3 Categories (other): Video games, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 2 5 3 18 12 20 23 Topics: video-games
  6. (colloquial, Mexico) dad, father Tags: Mexico, colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-jefe-es-noun-BwA70NSu Categories (other): Mexican Spanish, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms of address, Leaders, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 2 5 3 18 12 20 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 1 3 2 20 17 21 26 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 17 10 14 17 16 26 Disambiguation of Spanish terms of address: 4 4 19 14 20 39 Disambiguation of Leaders: 12 4 15 17 16 37 Disambiguation of Occupations: 5 19 16 18 18 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: general en jefe, jefatura [feminine], jefazo, jefe de estudios, jefe de gobierno, jefe de prensa, jefe de redacción, jefecito, redactor jefe (english: editor in chief) [masculine], subjefe [masculine] Related terms: cabeza [feminine], cabo [masculine], capataz [masculine], capitán [masculine], chef [masculine], coronel [masculine], director [masculine], general [masculine], sargento [masculine], supervisor [masculine]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "12 4 15 17 16 37",
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          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Leaders",
          "orig": "es:Leaders",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 19 16 18 18 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Occupations",
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        }
      ],
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        "dad, father"
      ],
      "id": "en-jefe-es-noun-BwA70NSu",
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        [
          "dad",
          "dad"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, Mexico) dad, father"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxefe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxe.fe]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-efe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jefe"
}
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    "American English",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Spanish",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Spanish",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "en:People",
    "es:Leaders",
    "es:Occupations"
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "chief"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French chief",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "caput"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin caput",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "chief",
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        "4": "caput",
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
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    {
      "form": "jefes",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    },
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        "2": "US"
      },
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    }
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    {
      "word": "jefe político"
    }
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          ],
          "ref": "1887, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Central America, History Company, page 153:",
          "text": "Antonio Rivera Cabezas was chosen vice-jefe in March 1830.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1898, Southern Pacific Company Passenger Department, Sunset, Sunset Magazines Inc. (1912), pages 313-314",
          "text": "before he stepped forward uttering the stereotyped greeting, the Texan had put him down as the jefe or head man....\nSnatching up the rifle he lit out after the jefe, who had left two jumps ahead of the smoke."
        },
        {
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              67
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1900, United States War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, U.S. Government Printing Office:",
          "text": "Hilario Saño, a suspect, resident here but much doubted by the jefe local, was put to the test",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of Mexican descent."
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        [
          "officer",
          "officer"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "sheriff",
          "sheriff"
        ],
        [
          "Hispanic",
          "Hispanic"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of Mexican descent."
      ],
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        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
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              124
            ]
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          "ref": "1982 January, George Durham, Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers, University of Texas Press, page 120:",
          "text": "“They ain’t going to deliver the cattle across.... They’ve taken too much of a beating as it is. They’ve lost their big jefe and lots of men.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              64
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1998 June, Thomas Miller Klubock, Contested communities: Class, Gender, and Politics in Chile's El Teniente Copper Mine, 1904-1948, Duke University Press, page 147:",
          "text": "When they were slacking off in the mine, for example, and a jefe arrived unexpectedly, they shouted loro (parrot) or fuego (fire) as warning signals.",
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        },
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              101,
              105
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2004 December, Jeffrey Harris Cohen, The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico, University of Texas Press:",
          "text": "A jefe in this sense is a mentor, a person who is often a compadre of the migrant.... In any case, a jefe is not a loan shark",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "2005 May, Monica Rico, EMails that Go Nowhere, Google Mail.\nA jefe in this sense refers to a true boss, the leader of the household, also known as Jose Rico."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A boss in a business, company, or other organization."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "business boss",
      "word": "pomo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jefe"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subalterno"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subordinado"
    }
  ],
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/efe",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/efe/2 syllables",
    "Spanish 2-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish doublets",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Old French",
    "Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish",
    "Spanish terms of address",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "es:Leaders",
    "es:Occupations"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "general en jefe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jefatura"
    },
    {
      "word": "jefazo"
    },
    {
      "word": "jefe de estudios"
    },
    {
      "word": "jefe de gobierno"
    },
    {
      "word": "jefe de prensa"
    },
    {
      "word": "jefe de redacción"
    },
    {
      "word": "jefecito"
    },
    {
      "english": "editor in chief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "editor in chief",
      "word": "redactor jefe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subjefe"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "jefe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "lang_code": "bcl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hepe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hepe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hepe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "xefe",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish xefe",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
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        "3": "xefe"
      },
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      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "chief"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French chief",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "caput"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin caput",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "chefe"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese chefe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "cabo",
        "3": "chef"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of cabo and chef",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Spanish xefe, from Old French chief, from Latin caput. Compare Portuguese chefe. Doublet of cabo and chef.",
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    {
      "form": "jefes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jefa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jefe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jefas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jefes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gefe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xefe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "jefa,#"
      },
      "expansion": "jefe m (plural jefes, feminine jefa or jefe, feminine plural jefas or jefes)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "je‧fe"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "je‧fe"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cabeza"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cabo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capataz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capitán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coronel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "director"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "general"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sargento"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supervisor"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
        "Spanish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              178,
              182
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2020 July 9, Carlos E. Cué, Miguel González, “Sánchez plantea revisar la inviolabilidad del Rey en la Constitución”, in El País, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2020:",
          "text": "Cuando se le preguntó si se está buscando “alguna salida” para el rey emérito, Calvo respondió que el futuro de Juan Carlos I “compete fundamentalmente a la decisión que tome el jefe de la Casa Real, que es el actual rey Felipe VI”.",
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        "chief; president; head; leader of a business, political party, or other organization"
      ],
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        [
          "president",
          "president"
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        [
          "head",
          "head"
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        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
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        {
          "word": "superior"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boss; supervisor; manager"
      ],
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        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
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        [
          "supervisor",
          "supervisor"
        ],
        [
          "manager",
          "manager"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "es:Military ranks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "colonel; major; rank between captain and general"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "colonel",
          "colonel"
        ],
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          "major",
          "major"
        ],
        [
          "captain",
          "captain"
        ],
        [
          "general",
          "general"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) colonel; major; rank between captain and general"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "es:Heraldic charges"
      ],
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        "chief"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) chief"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "es:Video games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boss"
      ],
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        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games) boss"
      ],
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        "masculine"
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        "video-games"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Mexican Spanish",
        "Spanish colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dad, father"
      ],
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        [
          "dad",
          "dad"
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        [
          "father",
          "father"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, Mexico) dad, father"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxefe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxe.fe]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-efe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jefe"
}

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