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}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "la",
"3": "retrō"
},
"expansion": "Latin retrō",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin retrō.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "prefix"
},
"expansion": "retro-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧tro-"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "prefix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Spanish 2-syllable words",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish prefixes",
"Spanish terms derived from Latin",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"retro-"
],
"links": [
[
"retro-",
"retro-#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/retɾo/"
},
{
"ipa": "[re.t̪ɾo]"
}
],
"word": "retro-"
}
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