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"glosses": [
"faded, pale"
],
"links": [
[
"faded",
"faded"
],
[
"pale",
"pale"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(also figurative) faded, pale"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "marchito"
},
{
"word": "ajado"
}
],
"tags": [
"also",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Mexican Spanish",
"Spanish derogatory terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Americanized"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"Americanized",
"Americanized"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Mexico, derogatory) Americanized"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "agringado"
}
],
"tags": [
"Mexico",
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpot͡ʃo/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpo.t͡ʃo]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-otʃo"
}
],
"word": "pocho"
}
{
"categories": [
"Rhymes:Spanish/otʃo",
"Rhymes:Spanish/otʃo/2 syllables",
"Spanish 2-syllable words",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish non-lemma forms",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish verb forms",
"es:Culture",
"es:People"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "pocho",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"po‧cho"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "pochar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first-person singular present indicative of pochar"
],
"links": [
[
"pochar",
"pochar#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpot͡ʃo/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpo.t͡ʃo]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-otʃo"
}
],
"word": "pocho"
}
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