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],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "fofo (feminine fofa, masculine plural fofos, feminine plural fofas)",
"name": "es-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"fo‧fo"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"spongy"
],
"links": [
[
"spongy",
"spongy"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "esponjoso"
},
{
"word": "mullido"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"flabby"
],
"links": [
[
"flabby",
"flabby"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lacio"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfofo/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfo.fo]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ofo"
}
],
"word": "fofo"
}
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