See simpleton on Wiktionary
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"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations"
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "teveqel"
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"roman": "muḡaffal",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"word": "مُغَفَّل"
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"roman": "sazeg",
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"lang": "Iraqi Arabic",
"lang_code": "acm",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"word": "اَثْوَل"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "sadəlövh"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "sadədil"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "safdil"
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{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"lang_code": "br",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "genaoueg"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "abdál",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "абда́л"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "glupak",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"word": "глупак"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ximplet"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "ěrbǎiwǔ",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "二百五"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "shǎguā",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "傻瓜"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "dāizi",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "呆子"
},
{
"code": "cim",
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"lang_code": "cim",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dikhar"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prosťáček"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hlupák"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blbeček"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "moula"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "trouba"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "tosse"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"word": "enfoldig"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"lang_code": "dv",
"roman": "gamāru",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "ގަމާރު"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "simpele"
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{
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"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "domoor"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "idioot"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "eenvoudig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "tomppeli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "tyhmyri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "hölmö"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simplet"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nigaud"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "niais"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "naïf"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ingénu"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papón"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alpabarda"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parvo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "papaxoubas"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pastrán"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Einfaltspinsel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Simpel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Naivling"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "naiv"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "aploïkós",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "απλοϊκός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "afelís",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αφελής"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "vlax",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "βλαξ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "koróido",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κορόιδο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "chazós",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χαζός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "morós",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μωρός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "képphos",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κέπφος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "mamlasz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "balek"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "fajankó"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baothán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sempliciotto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "semplicione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "babbeo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "minchione"
},
{
"alt": "のろま",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "noroma",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "鈍間"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "eolgani",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "얼간이"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blennus"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barcala"
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{
"code": "la",
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"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bārō"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stultus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fatuus"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "prostak",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "простак"
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{
"code": "ms",
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"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "pembaris"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "hore"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "rorirori"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "rorewaru"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "pōrewarewa"
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "bouët-bouteux"
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"Jersey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "enfuntchi"
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{
"code": "nrf",
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"lang_code": "nrf",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"feminine"
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"word": "marînjuette"
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{
"code": "no",
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"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "enfoldig"
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"lang_code": "pdt",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Eefelt"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prostak"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostaczka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "głupek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simplório"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "matarruano"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tolo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pateta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papalvo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "prost"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prostănac"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tâmpit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "naiv"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neghiob"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "prosták",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "проста́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "prostofílja",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "простофи́ля"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "razínja",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "рази́ня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "nedotjópa",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "недотё́па"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ostolóp",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "остоло́п"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "naivnják",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "наивня́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "dúra",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ду́ра"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "durák",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дура́к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "буда̀ла"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "глу̀пан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "на̏ӣван"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "budàla"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "glùpan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "nȁīvan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sprosták"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sprostaňa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simplón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ababol"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "panoli"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaznápiro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "papanatas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ingenuo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mentecato"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mentecapto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bobalicón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "dumbom"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "dummerjöns"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "avanak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "safdil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "keriz"
}
],
"word": "simpleton"
}
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