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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "surfare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "whakahekeheke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "whakahekeheke ngaru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "whakahekeheke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "eke ngaru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "whakaheke ngaru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "whakaretireti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "auheke"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "seurfer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "surfar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanimátʹsja sjórfingom",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "занима́ться сёрфингом"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "e fa'ase'e i le galu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "surfear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "surfa"
},
{
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "fānifo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "sörf yapmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zajmátysja sérfinhom",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "займа́тися се́рфінгом"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "lướt sóng"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "beistonna"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to ride a wave",
"word": "syrffio"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎrfiram",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "сърфирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "navegar"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "rosya"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "surfen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "retumi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "surffata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "surfer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "surfen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "גלש"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "szörfözik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "szörföl"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "navigare"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "bitaaʼ dilkʼąąs"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "seurfer"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "surfować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "navegar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sjórfitʹ",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "сёрфить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "navegar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "peruzi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "surfa"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "lướt web"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "lướt mạng"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to browse the Internet",
"word": "syrffio"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Jean Armour Polly",
"surf"
],
"word": "surf"
}
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