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"word": "imitação"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imitare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imitație"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "copy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imitación"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "copy",
"word": "taklit"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "copy",
"word": "öykünme"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "copy",
"word": "öyküntü"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "copy",
"word": "imitasyon"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"imitation"
],
"word": "imitation"
}
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