See texta on Wiktionary
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],
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[
"text",
"text"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to subtitle (add subtitles to)"
],
"links": [
[
"subtitle",
"subtitle"
]
]
}
],
"word": "texta"
}
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{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'imper. plural'",
"path": [
"texta"
],
"section": "Swedish",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "texta",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
"path": [
"texta"
],
"section": "Swedish",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "texta",
"trace": ""
}
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