See legalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "legalizírovatʹ",
"sense": "make legal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "легализи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uzakónivatʹ",
"sense": "make legal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "узако́нивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uzakónitʹ",
"sense": "make legal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "узако́нить"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "make legal",
"word": "laghaich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make legal",
"word": "legalizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "make legal",
"word": "legalisera"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lehalizuváty",
"sense": "make legal",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "легалізува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "uzakónjuvaty",
"sense": "make legal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "узако́нювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "uzakónyty",
"sense": "make legal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "узако́нити"
},
{
"alt": "合法化",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "make legal",
"word": "hợp pháp hoá"
}
],
"word": "legalize"
}
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