See improvise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jíxìng",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "即興 /即兴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiànzhuā",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "现抓"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvizovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improviseren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisoida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "sepittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improviser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aftoschediázo",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "αυτοσχεδιάζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skhediázō",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "σχεδιάζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvizál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "rögtönöz"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "leika af fingrum fram"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "snarstefja"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "spinna"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "seiftigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvvisare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "parlare a braccio"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "tito ohia"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "improwizować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaimprowizować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improviza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "improvizírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "импровизи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "symprovizírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сымпровизи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "improvisera"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "improvizuváty",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "імпровізува́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "ứng biến"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "ứng tác"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
"word": "ứng tấu"
}
],
"word": "improvise"
}
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