See kvetch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"word": "ser una keshadora"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nytʹ",
"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"word": "ныть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "čangrizati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "njurgati"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"tags": [
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"word": "njorgati"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"word": "klaga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"word": "kvida"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"word": "beklaga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"word": "oja"
},
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kvetshn",
"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"word": "קוועטשן"
},
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"roman": "hobn taynes",
"sense": "whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly",
"word": "האָבן טענות"
}
],
"word": "kvetch"
}
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"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "repunante"
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"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"word": "reklamador"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"word": "marisija"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"word": "natku"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"word": "kitisijä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"word": "plaintif"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"word": "râleur"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
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"word": "keshador"
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{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
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"word": "keshadora"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nýtik",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ны́тик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "чангрѝзало"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "чангрѝзалица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
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"word": "чангрѝзавац"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "њу̏ргало"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "њу̏ргавац"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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"word": "њу̏ргавица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "čangrìzalo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
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"word": "čangrìzalica"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
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"word": "čangrìzavac"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "njȕrgalo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
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"word": "njȕrgavac"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
"Roman",
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"word": "njȕrgavica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"word": "gruñón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"word": "gnällspik"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"word": "gnällmåns"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kvetsher",
"sense": "person who endlessly whines or complains",
"tags": [
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"word": "קוועטשער"
}
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"word": "kvetch"
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