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"2": "en",
"3": "creepypasta"
},
"expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from English creepypasta",
"name": "ubor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English creepypasta.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "creepypastas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "creepypasta f (plural creepypastas)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"cree‧py‧pas‧ta"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Rhymes:Spanish/asta",
"Rhymes:Spanish/asta/4 syllables",
"Spanish 4-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish feminine nouns",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms borrowed from English",
"Spanish terms derived from English",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish unadapted borrowings from English",
"es:Internet memes"
],
"glosses": [
"creepypasta"
],
"links": [
[
"creepypasta",
"creepypasta#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Royal Spanish Academy"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɾipiˈpasta/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɾi.piˈpas.t̪a]"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɾepiˈpasta/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɾe.piˈpas.t̪a]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-asta"
}
],
"word": "creepypasta"
}
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