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"achicehualli" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "półcień" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "penumbra" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "penumbră" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "poluténʹ", "sense": "partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "полуте́нь" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "polotieň" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "penumbra" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": 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