See macha on Wiktionary
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"ma‧cha"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "machar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of machar:",
"third-person singular present indicative"
],
"links": [
[
"machar",
"machar#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "machar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of machar:",
"second-person singular imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"machar",
"machar#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmat͡ʃa/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈma.t͡ʃa]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-atʃa"
}
],
"word": "macha"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Tamil Nadu, slang, informal",
"path": [
"macha"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "macha",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Tamil Nadu, slang, informal",
"path": [
"macha"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "macha",
"trace": ""
}
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