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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ability or capacity to perform",
"word": "kyky"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ability or capacity to perform",
"word": "potenssi"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "ability or capacity to perform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potencia"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yekhólet",
"sense": "ability or capacity to perform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "יכולת"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ability or capacity to perform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "capacità"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ability or capacity to perform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "virilità"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "ability or capacity to perform",
"word": "potensi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ability or capacity to perform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potencja"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ability or capacity to perform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "putință"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ability or capacity to perform",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potencia"
}
],
"word": "potency"
}
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