See parry on Wiktionary
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"word": "finte"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "parering"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parada"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parirovanije",
"sense": "a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "парирование"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pariranje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guardia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying",
"word": "parering"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying",
"word": "salag"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "paríranje",
"sense": "in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пари́рање"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pariranje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "quite"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reparo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect",
"word": "parering"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect",
"word": "salag"
}
],
"word": "parry"
}
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