See mayday on Wiktionary
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"roman": "na pómoščʹ",
"sense": "emergency, need assistance",
"word": "на по́мощь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mɛjdɛ́j",
"sense": "emergency, need assistance",
"word": "мэйдэ́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mɛdɛ́",
"sense": "emergency, need assistance",
"word": "мэдэ́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "emergency, need assistance",
"word": "upomoć"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "emergency, need assistance",
"word": "na pomoč"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "emergency, need assistance",
"word": "¡socorro!"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "emergency, need assistance",
"word": "¡auxilio!"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "emergency, need assistance",
"word": "¡ayuda!"
}
],
"word": "mayday"
}
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