See impersonate on Wiktionary
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{
"word": "impersonare"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of impersonare:",
"second-person plural imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"impersonare",
"impersonare#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"word": "impersonate"
}
{
"categories": [
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian past participle forms",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "past participle form",
"g": "f-p"
},
"expansion": "impersonate f pl",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "impersonato"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of impersonato"
],
"links": [
[
"impersonato",
"impersonato#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"participle",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "impersonate"
}
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