See delegate on Wiktionary
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"word": "ကိုယ်စားလှယ်"
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"roman": "delegaṭi",
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"roman": "natsíg",
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],
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"roman": "ḍelīgeṭ",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
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],
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"word": "नुमाइंदा"
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"word": "küldött"
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"word": "fulltrúi"
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"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "wakil"
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"alt": "だいひょう",
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"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "代表"
},
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"word": "使節"
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"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"alt": "だいりにん",
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"roman": "dairinin",
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"word": "代理人"
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"word": "делегат"
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"word": "өкіл"
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"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "បេសកជន"
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"roman": "prɑtephuu",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "ប្រតិភូ"
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"alt": "代表",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daepyo",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "대표"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sajeol",
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"word": "사절"
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"alt": "代理人",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daeriin",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "대리인"
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"alt": "代理者",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daerija",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "대리자"
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"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "delegat",
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"word": "делегат"
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phū thǣn",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "ຜູ້ແທນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phū tāng nā",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "ຜູ້ຕາງຫນ້າ"
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"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
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"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
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"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
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"roman": "delegát",
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"roman": "pretstavnik",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
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"word": "претставник"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "pretstavnička",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
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"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "wakil"
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "taraketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tölöölögč",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "төлөөлөгч"
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "d'lédgi"
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delegat"
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "nn",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "delegat"
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ps",
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"roman": "namāyənda",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نماينده"
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "namâyande",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "نماینده"
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vakil",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "وکیل"
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"tags": [
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},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegere"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "uddelegere"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "betro"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegeren"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegeerima"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegoida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "antaa tehtäväksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "valtuuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "déléguer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegieren"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diatássō",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "διατάσσω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegare"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "deleģēt"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "tuku mana"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "d'lédgi"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegere"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "سپردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "تفویض کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "oddelegować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delega"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poručátʹ",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поруча́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poručítʹ",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поручи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upolnomóčivatʹ",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уполномо́чивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upolnomóčitʹ",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уполномо́чить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "delegírovatʹ",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "делеги́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "diputar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegera"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "delehuváty",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "делегува́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "uỷ thác"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "giao phó"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "dirprwyo"
}
],
"word": "delegate"
}
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"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
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"word": "delegato"
}
],
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],
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[
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"delegato#Italian"
]
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "delegato"
}
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"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "delegata"
}
],
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"plural of delegata"
],
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[
"delegata",
"delegata#Italian"
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{
"word": "delegare"
}
],
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"inflection of delegare:",
"second-person plural present indicative"
],
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[
"delegare",
"delegare#Italian"
]
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"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
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"word": "delegare"
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],
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],
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}
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"tags": [
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]
}
],
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}
],
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"second-person plural present active imperative of dēlēgō"
],
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[
"dēlēgō",
"delego#Latin"
]
],
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],
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}
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"second-person singular voseo imperative of delegar combined with te"
],
"links": [
[
"delegar",
"delegar#Spanish"
],
[
"te",
"te#Spanish"
]
],
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]
}
],
"word": "delegate"
}
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