See malinger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"word": "bheith ag meathlóireacht"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kebyō o tsukau",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"word": "仮病を使う"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkoebyeong'eul burida",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"word": "꾀병을 부리다"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"word": "whakangehengehe"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "symulować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "udawać chorego"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "udać chorego"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"word": "fingir estar doente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pritvorjátʹsja bolʹným",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "притворя́ться больны́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pritvorítʹsja bolʹným",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "притвори́ться больны́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikídyvatʹsja bolʹným",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прики́дываться больны́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikínutʹsja bolʹným",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прики́нуться больны́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "in clinical context",
"roman": "simulírovatʹ",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "симули́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to feign illness",
"word": "hacerse el enfermo"
}
],
"word": "malinger"
}
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"path": [
"malinger"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "malinger",
"trace": ""
}
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