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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "rapautua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "rappeutua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "heiketä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "pourrir"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "puč̣deba",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "ფუჭდება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "verfallen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "verderben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "elpusztul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "tönkremegy"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "meath"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "meathlaigh"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bupaehada",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "부패하다"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "jīṟṇṇikkuka",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "ജീർണ്ണിക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "taimate"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "koropungapunga"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tabâhidan",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "تباهیدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vâpâšidan",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "واپاشیدن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "decompor-se"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "deteriorar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "descompune"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pórtitʹsja",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "по́ртиться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxudšátʹsja",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "ухудша́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "deteriorarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "mattas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "försämras"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "förfalla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "tackla av"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "fenalaşmak"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
"word": "desintegrar-se"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
"word": "se désintégrer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raspadátʹsja",
"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "распада́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raspástʹsja",
"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "распа́сться"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozpadátysja",
"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "розпада́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozpástysja",
"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "розпа́стися"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"decay"
],
"word": "decay"
}
{
"called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
"msg": "''To deteriorate, to get worse, '[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
"path": [
"decay"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "decay",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Japanese: (1) __IGNORE__, (2) __IGNORE__",
"path": [
"decay"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "decay",
"trace": ""
}
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