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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fiasko"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pannkaka"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
"word": "fiyasko"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "fyásko",
"sense": "ludicrous or humiliating situation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фиа́ско"
}
],
"word": "fiasco"
}
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