See ad infinitum on Wiktionary
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"Polish terms borrowed from Latin",
"Polish terms derived from Latin",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Polish terms with audio pronunciation",
"Polish unadapted borrowings from Latin",
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],
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"ad infinitum (endlessly)"
],
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[
"ad infinitum",
"ad infinitum#English"
]
],
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]
}
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"ipa": "/at ˌin.fiˈɲi.tum/"
}
],
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}
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},
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"name": "ubor"
}
],
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},
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],
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"ad infinitum (endlessly)"
],
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[
"ad infinitum",
"ad infinitum#English"
]
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "ad aeternum"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "ad infinitum"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "continuamente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "continuadamente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "definitivamente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "em definitivo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "eternamente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "incessantemente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "infindamente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "infinitamente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "ininterruptamente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "perduravelmente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "permanentemente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "perpetuamente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "reiteradamente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "repetidamente"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "sem parar"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "sem pararada"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"word": "sempre"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "toda a vida"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sempre",
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"informal"
],
"word": "toda vida"
}
],
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"not-comparable"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈad ĩˈfĩ.ni.tũ/",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈad ĩˈfi.ni.tũ/",
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"Southern-Brazil"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "ubor"
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],
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"ad infinitum",
"ad infinitum#English"
]
],
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"word": "indefinidamente"
}
]
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],
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"ipa": "/ˌad infiˈnitum/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˌað̞ ĩɱ.fiˈni.t̪ũm]"
}
],
"word": "ad infinitum"
}
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