See spellbound in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "trollbundet"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "oczarowany"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "zafascynowany"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "encantado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "fascinado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "očaróvannyj",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "очаро́ванный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "začaróvannyj",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "зачаро́ванный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "zavoróžennyj",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "заворо́женный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "opčinjenost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "fasciniranost"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "pircantatu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "embobado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "trollbunden"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "nabighani"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "začaróvanyj",
"sense": "fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell",
"word": "зачаро́ваний"
}
],
"word": "spellbound"
}
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