"capybara" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kapɪˈbɑːɹə/ [UK], /ˌkæpiˈbɛɹə/ [US], /ˌkæpiˈbɑɹə/ [US], /ˌkæpiˈbæɹə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-capybara.wav [Southern-England] Forms: capybaras [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish capibara, from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapi'iûara (literally “grass eater”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|capibara}} Spanish capibara, {{der|en|pt|capivara}} Portuguese capivara, {{der|en|tpw|kapi'iûara|lit=grass eater}} Old Tupi kapi'iûara (literally “grass eater”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} capybara (plural capybaras)
  1. A semi-aquatic South American rodent, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, the largest living rodent. Wikipedia link: capybara Categories (lifeform): Caviomorphs Synonyms: water pig, water hog, carpinchoe, cabiai, capibara [dated] Derived forms: lesser capybara (taxonomic: Hydrochoerus isthmius) Translations (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris): خِنْزِير الْمَاء (ḵinzīr al-māʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), ջրախոզուկ (ǰraxozuk) (Armenian), কেপিৱাৰা (kepiwara) (Assamese), kapiwara (Aymara), капибара (kapibara) (Bulgarian), cũmtũm (Canela), amen (Cashinahua), capibara [masculine] (Catalan), masiklo (Chamicuro), 水豚 (shuǐtún) (Chinese Mandarin), ámeno (Chácobo), plavoun [masculine, obsolete] (Czech), kapybara [feminine] (Czech), kapivar (Danish), flodsvin (Danish), capibara (Dutch), waterzwijn (Dutch), hidroĥero (Esperanto), kapibaro (Esperanto), kapibaara (Estonian), veesiga (Estonian), vatnsvín (Faroese), vesisika (Finnish), kapybara (Finnish), capybara [masculine] (French), cabiai [masculine] (French), Capybara [neuter] (German), Wasserschwein [neuter] (German), καπιμπάρα (kapimpára) (Greek), υδρόχοιρος (ydróchoiros) (Greek), dia wachʉ (Guanano), קפיבארה (kapibára) [feminine] (Hebrew), kashai (Huambisa), vízidisznó (Hungarian), kapibara (Hungarian), flóðsvín [neuter] (Icelandic), kapibara (Indonesian), capabára [masculine] (Irish), capibara [masculine] (Italian), カピバラ (kapibara) (Japanese), 鬼天竺鼠 (onitenjikunezumi) (alt: おにてんじくねずみ) (Japanese), オニテンジクネズミ (onitenjikunezumi) (Japanese), 카피바라 (kapibara) (Korean), kapibara [feminine] (Latvian), kapoa (Lokono), kibiole (Lokono), kibiwarha (Lokono), kawalainaro (Lokono), капиба́ра (kapibára) [feminine] (Macedonian), во́дно пра́се (vódno práse) [neuter] (Macedonian), flodsvin (Norwegian), kapivar (Norwegian), kapybara (Norwegian), ka'apiûara (Old Tupi), kapibara (Old Tupi), کاپيوره (kāpíwəra) [feminine] (Pashto), kapibara [feminine] (Polish), capivara [feminine] (Portuguese), kapiwara (Quechua), capibara [feminine] (Romanian), капиба́ра (kapibára) [feminine] (Russian), водосви́нка (vodosvínka) [feminine] (Russian), amen (Shipibo-Conibo), kapibara [feminine] (Slovene), capibara [masculine] (Spanish), carpincho [Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, masculine] (Spanish), chigüire [Venezuela, masculine] (Spanish), chigüiro [Colombia, masculine] (Spanish), poncho [Panama, masculine] (Spanish), ronsoco [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), kapybara (Swedish), kapybar (Swedish), vattensvin (Swedish), kapibara (Tagalog), hemasiéle (Tariana), iwïrï (Trió), kapi'wara (Tupinambá), kapibara [singular] (Turkish), капібара (kapibara) [feminine] (Ukrainian), سۇ چوشقىسى (su choshqisi) (Uyghur), kápishu (Záparo)
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          "roman": "kapimpára",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "word": "カピバラ"
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          "alt": "おにてんじくねずみ",
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          "roman": "onitenjikunezumi",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "鬼天竺鼠"
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          "word": "オニテンジクネズミ"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kapibara",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "카피바라"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kapibara"
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          "code": "arw",
          "lang": "Lokono",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "kapoa"
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          "code": "arw",
          "lang": "Lokono",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "kibiole"
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        {
          "code": "arw",
          "lang": "Lokono",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "kibiwarha"
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          "code": "arw",
          "lang": "Lokono",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "kawalainaro"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kapibára",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "капиба́ра"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vódno práse",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "во́дно пра́се"
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        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "flodsvin"
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        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "kapivar"
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          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "kapybara"
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          "lang": "Old Tupi",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "ka'apiûara"
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          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
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          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "poncho"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ronsoco"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "kapybara"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "kapybar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "vattensvin"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "kapibara"
        },
        {
          "code": "tae",
          "lang": "Tariana",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "hemasiéle"
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          "code": "tri",
          "lang": "Trió",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "iwïrï"
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          "code": "tpn",
          "lang": "Tupinambá",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "word": "kapi'wara"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kapibara"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kapibara",
          "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        "US"
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      "ipa": "/ˌkæpiˈbɑɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkæpiˈbæɹə/",
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        "US"
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        "English terms derived from Spanish",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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        "US"
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      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
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      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "কেপিৱাৰা"
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      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapiwara"
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      "roman": "kapibara",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "капибара"
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      "code": "ram",
      "lang": "Canela",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "cũmtũm"
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      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "capibara"
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      "code": "cao",
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      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
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      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "masiklo"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐtún",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "水豚"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
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      "word": "kapybara"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapivar"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "flodsvin"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "capibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "waterzwijn"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "hidroĥero"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapibaro"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapibaara"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "veesiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "vatnsvín"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "vesisika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapybara"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capybara"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cabiai"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Capybara"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wasserschwein"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kapimpára",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "καπιμπάρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ydróchoiros",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "υδρόχοιρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "gvc",
      "lang": "Guanano",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "dia wachʉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kapibára",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קפיבארה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hub",
      "lang": "Huambisa",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kashai"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "vízidisznó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "flóðsvín"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capabára"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kapibara",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "カピバラ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おにてんじくねずみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onitenjikunezumi",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "鬼天竺鼠"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onitenjikunezumi",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "オニテンジクネズミ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kapibara",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "카피바라"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kapibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "arw",
      "lang": "Lokono",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapoa"
    },
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      "lang": "Lokono",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
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      "code": "arw",
      "lang": "Lokono",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
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      "code": "arw",
      "lang": "Lokono",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kawalainaro"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kapibára",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "капиба́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vódno práse",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "во́дно пра́се"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "flodsvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapybara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpw",
      "lang": "Old Tupi",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "ka'apiûara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpw",
      "lang": "Old Tupi",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "kāpíwəra",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "کاپيوره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kapibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "capivara"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapiwara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "capibara"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kapibára",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "капиба́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vodosvínka",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "водосви́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "shp",
      "lang": "Shipibo-Conibo",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "amen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kapibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Paraguay",
        "Uruguay",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carpincho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "Venezuela",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chigüire"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chigüiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "Panama",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poncho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "Peru",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ronsoco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapybara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapybar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "vattensvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tae",
      "lang": "Tariana",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "hemasiéle"
    },
    {
      "code": "tri",
      "lang": "Trió",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "iwïrï"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpn",
      "lang": "Tupinambá",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kapi'wara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "kapibara"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kapibara",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "капібара"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "su choshqisi",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "سۇ چوشقىسى"
    },
    {
      "code": "zro",
      "lang": "Záparo",
      "sense": "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris",
      "word": "kápishu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "capybara"
}

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