See circumnavigate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to sail completely around something",
"word": "circum-navegar"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to sail completely around something",
"word": "iom-sheòl"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sail completely around something",
"word": "circunnavegar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sail completely around something",
"word": "bojar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sail completely around something",
"word": "bojear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sail completely around something",
"word": "circumnavegar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "obejít"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "kiertää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "ohittaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "umschiffen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "umgehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "megkerül"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "circunvenir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "circunvalar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "circumnavegar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "circunvalar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to sail around the world",
"word": "purjehtia maailman ympäri"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sail around the world",
"word": "die Welt umsegeln"
}
],
"word": "circumnavigate"
}
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