See disprove in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "опрове́ргнуть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to refute",
"word": "opovrgnuti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refute",
"word": "refutar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refute",
"word": "rebatir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refute",
"word": "desmentir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refute",
"word": "desdecir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to refute",
"word": "motbevisa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to refute",
"word": "vederlägga"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to refute",
"word": "pabulaanan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sprostóvuvaty",
"sense": "to refute",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "спросто́вувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sprostuváty",
"sense": "to refute",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спростува́ти"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to refute",
"word": "gwrthbrofi"
}
],
"word": "disprove"
}
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