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"roman": "qoqsinél",
"sense": "(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קוֹקְסִינֶל"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trandža",
"sense": "(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "транџа"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "traveco"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "transik",
"sense": "(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трансик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "transúxa",
"sense": "(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "трансу́ха"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "транџа"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person",
"tags": [
"Spain"
],
"word": "travelo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person",
"tags": [
"Argentina"
],
"word": "trava"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person",
"tags": [
"Argentina"
],
"word": "travesaño"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "transa"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"tranny"
],
"word": "tranny"
}
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