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electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "correu brossa" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "lājī yóujiàn", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "垃圾郵件 /垃圾邮件" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "lājīxìn", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "垃圾信" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spam" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "spam" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spam" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ongewenste elektronische post" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "spamboodschap" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ongewenste mail" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "spamo" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "trudaĵo" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "spämm" }, { "code": "fo", "lang": "Faroese", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "spamm" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "roskaposti" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "spämmi" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spam" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pourriel" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "courriel indésirable" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pollupostage" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Spam" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "note": "unerwünschte elektronische Massenpost", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "feminine" ] }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "do'ar zevel", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "דואר זבל" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "spam", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ספאם" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "spaim", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "स्पैम" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "szpem" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ruslpóstur" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "mesajacho" }, { "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "spam" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "turscar" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spam" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "supamu", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "スパム" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "meiwaku-mēru", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "迷惑メール" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": 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"Portuguese", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spam" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "lixo eletrônico" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "spam", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "спам" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "neželátelʹnaja póčta", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "нежела́тельная по́чта" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "neželjena pošta" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "vsiljena pošta" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "neželena e-pošta" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "correo basura" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "correo no deseado" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spam" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "spam" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "skräppost" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "s̄pæm", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "สแปม" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "spam" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "word": "yığın mesaj" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "blitsmist", "sense": "unsolicited bulk electronic messages", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "בליצמיסט" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "undesired electronic content", "word": "contingut brossa" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "undesired electronic content", "word": "roskaposti" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "undesired electronic content", "word": "spämmi" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "undesired electronic content", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spam" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "wǔcānròu", "sense": "tinned meat", "word": "午餐肉" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "tinned meat", "word": "nötkötti" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "tinned meat", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Frühstücksfleisch" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "luf", "sense": "tinned meat", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "לוּף" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": 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