See concupiscence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Ardent desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "concupiscência"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voždelénije",
"sense": "Ardent desire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вожделе́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póxotʹ",
"sense": "Ardent desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́хоть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Ardent desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pohota"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Ardent desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pohotljivost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Ardent desire",
"word": "concupiscencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Ardent desire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "begär"
}
],
"word": "concupiscence"
}
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