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},
{
"rhymes": "-iːp"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bal",
"lang": "Baluchi",
"sense": "a place where water seeps out of the ground",
"word": "زے"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a place where water seeps out of the ground",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "illó"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a place where water seeps out of the ground",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bullo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a place where water seeps out of the ground",
"word": "sorgente"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nijimi",
"sense": "a place where water seeps out of the ground",
"word": "にじみ"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a place where water seeps out of the ground",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jazida"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a place where water seeps out of the ground",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fuente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a place where water seeps out of the ground",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "emanación"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utečka",
"sense": "a seepage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "утечка"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a seepage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "infiltrazione"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nijimi",
"sense": "a seepage",
"word": "にじみ"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a seepage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "infiltração"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a seepage",
"word": "filtración"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"seep"
],
"word": "seep"
}
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