See give up the ghost on Wiktionary
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"perfective"
],
"word": "wyzionąć ducha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "bater as botas"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "vestir o paletó de madeira"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "da duhul"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispustítʹ dux",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "испусти́ть дух"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "entregar el alma"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "entregar el alma a Dios"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "entregar el equipo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "pasar a mejor vida"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "ge upp andan"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "tắt thở"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "gặp Diêm Vương"
}
],
"word": "give up the ghost"
}
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