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"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "hola"
},
{
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"lang_code": "pt",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "olá"
}
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"holà",
"holà#French"
],
[
"hola",
"hola#Dutch"
],
[
"holā",
"hola#Old_High_German"
],
[
"holōn",
"holon#Old_High_German"
],
[
"Germanic",
"Germanic"
],
[
"hello",
"hello#English"
],
[
"hallo",
"hallo#German"
],
[
"وَٱللّٰه",
"والله#Arabic"
]
],
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"2": "fr",
"3": "holà",
"4": "",
"5": "hey! stop!"
},
"expansion": "French holà (“hey! stop!”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "hola"
},
"expansion": "Dutch hola",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "holā"
},
"expansion": "Old High German holā",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
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"3": "",
"4": "to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "en",
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},
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},
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},
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"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "وَٱللّٰه",
"3": "",
"4": "really?, by God!"
},
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"name": "ncog"
}
],
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"tags": [
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}
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"2": "interjection",
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],
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{
"parts": [
"ho‧la"
]
}
],
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"pos": "intj",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 18 entries",
"parents": [],
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},
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{
"kind": "other",
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0,
6
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],
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0,
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],
"english": "Hey! How are you doing?",
"text": "¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?",
"translation": "Hey! How are you doing?",
"type": "example"
}
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"hello, hi, hey"
],
"id": "en-hola-es-intj--YgcuceC",
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[
"hello",
"hello"
],
[
"hi",
"hi"
],
[
"hey",
"hey"
]
]
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],
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"ipa": "/ˈola/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈo.la]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ola"
},
{
"homophone": "ola"
}
],
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}
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"Pages with entries"
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"borrowed"
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"word": "hola"
},
{
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"lang_code": "pt",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "olá"
}
],
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[
"holà",
"holà#French"
],
[
"hola",
"hola#Dutch"
],
[
"holā",
"hola#Old_High_German"
],
[
"holōn",
"holon#Old_High_German"
],
[
"Germanic",
"Germanic"
],
[
"hello",
"hello#English"
],
[
"hallo",
"hallo#German"
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[
"وَٱللّٰه",
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]
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"4": "",
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},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "hola"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "holā"
},
"expansion": "Old High German holā",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "holōn",
"3": "",
"4": "to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman"
},
"expansion": "Old High German holōn (“to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "hello"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "hallo"
},
"expansion": "German hallo",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "وَٱللّٰه",
"3": "",
"4": "really?, by God!"
},
"expansion": "Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh, “really?, by God!”)",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"canonical"
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}
],
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"2": "interjection",
"head": "¡hola!"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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"ho‧la"
],
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{
"parts": [
"ho‧la"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "intj",
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Spanish/ola",
"Rhymes:Spanish/ola/2 syllables",
"Spanish 2-syllable words",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish greetings",
"Spanish interjections",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish terms derived from French",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
"Spanish terms with homophones",
"Spanish terms with usage examples"
],
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{
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0,
6
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[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "Hey! How are you doing?",
"text": "¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?",
"translation": "Hey! How are you doing?",
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}
],
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"hello, hi, hey"
],
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[
"hello",
"hello"
],
[
"hi",
"hi"
],
[
"hey",
"hey"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈola/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈo.la]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ola"
},
{
"homophone": "ola"
}
],
"word": "hola"
}
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