See meddle on Wiktionary
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "amesteca"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "băga nasul unde nu-i fierbe oala"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "interveni"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vméšivatʹsja",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вме́шиваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vmešátʹsja",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вмеша́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "leztʹ",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "лезть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "entrometerse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "inmiscuirse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "injerirse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "mangonear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "entremeterse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "caciquear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "inserirse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "shutear (Americanism)"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "lägga sig i"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "manghimasok"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "makialam"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to interfere in affairs",
"word": "burnunu sokmak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to mix with other substance",
"word": "sekoittaa"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šeurevs",
"sense": "to mix with other substance",
"word": "შეურევს"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sméšivatʹ",
"sense": "to mix with other substance",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сме́шивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smešátʹ",
"sense": "to mix with other substance",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "смеша́ть"
}
],
"word": "meddle"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": disapprobative vs. leztʹ",
"path": [
"meddle"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "meddle",
"trace": ""
}
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