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"word": "conturbar"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "(astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force",
"word": "perturbar"
}
],
"word": "perturb"
}
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"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "perturb",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian non-lemma forms",
"Romanian verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "perturba"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of perturba"
],
"links": [
[
"perturba",
"perturba#Romanian"
]
],
"tags": [
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"form-of",
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{
"ipa": "[perˈturb]"
}
],
"word": "perturb"
}
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