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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "possessive over another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pegadizo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "possessive over another person",
"tags": [
"Mexico",
"masculine"
],
"word": "encimoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "lapa f ((noun, used in the expression \"ser una lapa\"))",
"sense": "possessive over another person"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "possessive over another person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pegachento"
}
],
"word": "clingy"
}
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