lengua
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noun
- tongueorgan
- language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communi…
- Spanishsubject taught in schools
Forms
noun
| singular | lengua |
|---|---|
| plural | lenguas |
Used in the library
- El náhuatl era la lengua de los mexicas.Nahuatl was the language of the Mexica.A2Las palabras del náhuatl — Words from Nahuatl
- En España se hablan cuatro lenguas oficiales, no una.Four official languages are spoken in Spain, not one.A2The languages of Spain — Las lenguas de España
- Hablan unas treinta lenguas mayas, en Guatemala sobre todo.They speak about thirty Mayan languages, in Guatemala above all.A2Los mayas — The Maya
- Hay más lenguas: el aranés, el asturiano, el aragonés.There are more languages: Aranese, Asturian, Aragonese.A2Las lenguas de España — The languages of Spain
Other ways to say it
Idioms built on the body
- no tener pelos en la lenguato speak very bluntlyLiterally to have no hairs on the tongue. Said of someone who says what they think.