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pry

English

  1. 🔊 a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
  2. 🔊 be nosey
    “Don't pry into my personal matters!”
  3. 🔊 to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
    “The burglar jimmied the lock”
  4. 🔊 make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
    “They pried the information out of him”
  5. 🔊 search or inquire in a meddlesome way
    “This guy is always nosing around the office”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 trajinar to pry, to meddle (into someone else's things or matters)

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