See mazel tov in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "(Hebrew/Yiddish) congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "mazal tov"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(Hebrew/Yiddish) congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "mazeltov"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(Hebrew/Yiddish) congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings",
"word": "mazel tov"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(Hebrew/Yiddish) congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings",
"word": "mazal tov"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(Hebrew/Yiddish) congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings",
"word": "mazel tov"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mazálʹ tov",
"sense": "(Hebrew/Yiddish) congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings",
"word": "маза́ль тов"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "mazl-tov",
"sense": "(Hebrew/Yiddish) congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings",
"word": "מזל־טובֿ"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "mazl tov",
"sense": "(Hebrew/Yiddish) congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings",
"word": "מזל טובֿ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mazel tov"
],
"word": "mazel tov"
}
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