See blimey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"word": "mazette"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"word": "mince"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "Gott",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"tags": [
"expletive"
],
"word": "verdamm mich!"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "verdammt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"tags": [
"German",
"Southern",
"slang"
],
"word": "sakra"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"word": "cribbio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"word": "dannazione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"word": "foccalabindella"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"word": "miseriaccia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"word": "ostia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"word": "perbacco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"word": "urca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "caraças"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.",
"word": "caramba"
}
],
"word": "blimey"
}
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