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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "pôr um ovo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "botar um ovo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "ovar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "oua"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snestí jajcó",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "снести́ яйцо́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otložítʹ jajcó",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отложи́ть яйцо́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "poner un huevo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "ovar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "Andes",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "huevear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "värpa"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "waang-kài",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "วางไข่"
},
{
"code": "tei",
"lang": "Torricelli",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "acom"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to produce an egg",
"word": "ponre èn oûe"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"word": "munata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"word": "epäonnistua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"word": "faire un bide"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"word": "faire un flop"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"word": "fare un buco nell'acqua"
},
{
"alt": "しっぱい する",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shippai suru",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"word": "失敗する"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"word": "fazer fiasco"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"word": "fracassar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "сесть в лу́жу pf (sestʹ v lúžu, literally “sit into a puddle”)",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "сесть в кало́шу pf (sestʹ v kalóšu, literally “sit into a galosh”)",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provalítʹsja",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "провали́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poterpétʹ neudáču",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потерпе́ть неуда́чу"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"word": "poner un huevo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce a failure or flop",
"word": "fracasar"
}
],
"word": "lay an egg"
}
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