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"feminine"
],
"word": "záľuba"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zaľúbenie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slabosť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "propensión"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tendencia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inclinación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afición"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predilección"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gusto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"word": "böjelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"word": "benägenhet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"word": "yatkınlık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"word": "eğilim"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "temayül"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sxylʹnistʹ",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "схильність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naxyl",
"sense": "A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нахил"
}
],
"word": "proclivity"
}
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