See murga on Wiktionary
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"links": [
[
"bugbear",
"bugbear"
],
[
"pain",
"pain"
],
[
"drag",
"drag"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) bugbear; pain; drag (annoyance)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "incordio"
},
{
"word": "muermo"
},
{
"word": "lata"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmuɾɡa/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmuɾ.ɣ̞a]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uɾɡa"
}
],
"word": "murga"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Spanish/uɾɡa",
"Rhymes:Spanish/uɾɡa/2 syllables",
"Spanish 2-syllable words",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish feminine nouns",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish uncountable nouns",
"es:Music"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "murga f (uncountable)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"mur‧ga"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"mur‧ga"
]
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"amurca"
],
"links": [
[
"amurca",
"amurca"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmuɾɡa/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmuɾ.ɣ̞a]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uɾɡa"
}
],
"word": "murga"
}
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