See dissimulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "prestruvam se",
"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
"word": "преструвам се"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "simuliram",
"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
"word": "симулирам"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
"word": "přetvařovat se"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
"word": "sich verstellen"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkalýpto",
"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
"word": "συγκαλύπτω"
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"roman": "apokrýpto",
"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
"word": "αποκρύπτω"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
"word": "tuapeka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
"word": "whakatuapeka"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
"word": "fortie"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
"word": "disimular"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to deceive by concealment or omission",
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"word": "tapiñar"
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"word": "dissimulate"
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