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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "katesthíō",
"sense": "consume completely",
"word": "κατεσθίω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "consume completely",
"word": "megeszik"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tairageru",
"sense": "consume completely",
"word": "平らげる"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "consume completely",
"word": "exedō"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "avyzlaš",
"sense": "consume completely",
"word": "авызлаш"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "consume completely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dojadać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "consume completely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dojeść"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "consume completely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyjadać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "consume completely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyjeść"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sʺjestʹ",
"sense": "consume completely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "съесть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dojéstʹ",
"sense": "consume completely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "дое́сть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "consume completely",
"word": "comerse"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "accept or believe entirely",
"word": "nielaista"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "accept or believe entirely",
"word": "engolir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "accept or believe entirely",
"word": "tragarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "accept or believe entirely",
"word": "comerse con patatas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "find to be cute",
"word": "comerse con patatas"
}
],
"word": "eat up"
}
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