See prima donna in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "primadona"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prima donna"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Primadonna"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prímadonna"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primadonna"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "purimadonna",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"word": "プリマドンナ"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diva"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "primadónna",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "примадо́нна"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primadona"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "primadonna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who considers themselves important",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "diva"
}
],
"word": "prima donna"
}
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