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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "reduce the rate of advancement of something",
"word": "desaccelerar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reduce the rate of advancement of something",
"word": "hidastaa"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "reduce the rate of advancement of something",
"word": "retardare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "reduce the rate of advancement of something",
"word": "încetini"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tabāṭaʔ",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "تَبَاطَأ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zabavjam",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "забавям"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to go slower",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zpomalit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "hidastua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "ralentir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "décélérer"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "lassul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "lelassul"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "decelerare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "whakapūhoi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "încetini"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to go slower",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "decelera"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zamedljátʹsja",
"sense": "to go slower",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "замедля́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zamédlitʹsja",
"sense": "to go slower",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заме́длиться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to go slower",
"word": "desacelerar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spovílʹnjuvatysja",
"sense": "to go slower",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "спові́льнюватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spovílʹnytysja",
"sense": "to go slower",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спові́льнитися"
}
],
"word": "decelerate"
}
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