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"Brazil", "Portugal" ], "word": "caracterizar" }, { "_dis1": "95 1 4", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way", "tags": [ "Portugal" ], "word": "caraterizar" }, { "_dis1": "95 1 4", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way", "word": "caracteriza" }, { "_dis1": "95 1 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "xarakterizovátʹ", "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "характеризова́ть" }, { "_dis1": "95 1 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "oxarakterizovátʹ", "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "охарактеризова́ть" }, { "_dis1": "95 1 4", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "to depict someone or something a particular way", "word": "comharraich" }, { "_dis1": "95 1 4", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to depict someone or something a 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