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},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "okazjonalny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "przypadkowy"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "rzadki"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "sporadyczny"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "ocasional"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
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"word": "ocazional"
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"roman": "slučájnyj",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "случа́йный"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rédkij",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "ре́дкий"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "corra"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "príležitostný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "občasný"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "ocasional"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "esporádico"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "ockasionell"
},
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"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "no accurate non-formal translation exists",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "an adverb is most often used instead."
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "limited to certain occasions; not very often",
"word": "achlysurol"
}
],
"word": "occasional"
}
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