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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stubborn",
"word": "önfejű"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "stubborn",
"word": "ceanntréan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stubborn",
"word": "pokerenoa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stubborn",
"word": "whakangutungutu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stubborn",
"word": "persistente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stubborn",
"word": "obstinado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stubborn",
"word": "voluntarioso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stubborn",
"word": "încăpățânat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stubborn",
"word": "îndărătnic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uprjamyj",
"sense": "stubborn",
"word": "упрямый"
}
],
"word": "wilful"
}
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