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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enter into",
"word": "penetrar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "enter into",
"word": "intränga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "enter into",
"word": "penetrera"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "enter into",
"word": "pasukin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "enter into",
"word": "sokmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pronykáty",
"sense": "enter into",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проника́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pronýknuty",
"sense": "enter into",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прони́кнути"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ḍhukanō",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "ঢুকানো"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pronikvam",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "прониквам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "penetreren"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "läbistama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "penetroida"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "penetrar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "penetrieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "behatol"
},
{
"code": "kyh",
"lang": "Karok",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "ápafur"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sabip-hada",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "삽입하다"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kišti"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sopuxtan",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "سپوختن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "penetrować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "spenetrować"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "pătrunde"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "penetra"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "penetrar"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "pasukin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina",
"word": "sokmak"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Penetration"
],
"word": "penetrate"
}
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