See semble on Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "semblar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of semblar:",
"first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
],
"links": [
[
"semblar",
"semblar#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "semblar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of semblar:",
"third-person singular imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"semblar",
"semblar#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "semble"
}
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