See depress in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to press down on",
"word": "pressionar"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to press down on",
"word": "stlačiť"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gnetja",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "гнетя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potiskam",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "потискам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "deprimir"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "deprimovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "deprimeren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "masentaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "ahdistaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "deprimieren"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "diké'",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "דיכא"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "depresar"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "rāwakiwaki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "whakapōuri"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "deprimir"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "deprimovať"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make depressed, sad or bored",
"word": "deprimir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy",
"word": "laskea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy",
"word": "alentaa"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy",
"word": "depresar"
}
],
"word": "depress"
}
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