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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "porowhiwhiwhiwhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "porowhīwhiwhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "hīrau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "takawhiwhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "tākeke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "ārau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "tāweka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to entangle",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "emaranhar –"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "enredar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaputatʹ",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "запутать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "enmarañar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "enredar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to entangle",
"word": "snärja"
}
],
"word": "ensnare"
}
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