See buttress in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "потпира"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "støtte"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "poduprijeti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "podboltati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "apuntalar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress",
"word": "stötta"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poddǎržam",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "поддържам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "ondersteunen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "onderbouwen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "corroborer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "stützen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "untermauern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "appoggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "rafforzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "corroborare"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "poddržuva",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "поддржува"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "understøtte"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "corroborar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support something or someone by supplying evidence",
"word": "afianzar"
}
],
"word": "buttress"
}
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