See contaminate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zamǎrsjavam",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "замърсявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvǎršvam zlovredno vmešatelstvo",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "извършвам зловредно вмешателство"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "contaminar"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "kanesatlvsga",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "ᎧᏁᏌᏢᏍᎦ"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "znečistit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "kontaminovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "forurene"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "kontaminere"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "kontaĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "saastuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "pilata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "contaminer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "salir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "contaminar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "verunreinigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "verseuchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "poison or pathogen",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "kontaminieren"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "miaínō",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "μιαίνω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "molúnō",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "μολύνω"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "truailligh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "contaminare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "contāminō"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "užteršti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "tāhawahawa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "whakaparu"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "kontaminere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "zatruwać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "skazić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "contaminar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagrjaznjátʹ",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "загрязня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagrjaznítʹ",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "загрязни́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "truaill"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
"word": "kontaminera"
}
],
"word": "contaminate"
}
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