See vegetate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"word": "tesped"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"word": "éldegél"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"word": "tengődik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"word": "vegetare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wegetować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przewegetować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"word": "vegetar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prozjabátʹ",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прозяба́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"word": "vegetar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"word": "apalancarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way",
"word": "vegetera"
}
],
"word": "vegetate"
}
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