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Meaning of "lengua" in the Spanish dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LENGUA

La palabra lengua procede del latín lingua.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LENGUA IN SPANISH

len · gua


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LENGUA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Lengua is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LENGUA MEAN IN SPANISH?

Definition of lengua in the Spanish dictionary

The first definition of language in the dictionary of the real academy of the Spanish language is muscular organ located in the cavity of the mouth of vertebrates and serves for taste, to swallow and to modulate the sounds that are their own. Another meaning of language in the dictionary is verbal and almost always written communication system, typical of a human community. Language is also a linguistic system whose speakers recognize models of good expression. The language of Cervantes is official in 21 nations.


SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LENGUA

changua · chingua · jangua · mengua · metalengua · pange lingua · rangua

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LENGUA

lengón · lengona · lenguadeta · lenguado · lenguaje · lenguarada · lenguaraz · lenguatón · lenguatona · lenguaz · lenguaza · lenguda · lengudo · lengüear · lengüeta · lengüetada · lengüetazo · lengüeteada · lengüetear · lengüetera

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE LENGUA

agua · ambigua · antigua · contigua · enagua · exigua · fragua · gua · guagua · jagua · legua · majagua · nagua · nicaragua · nigua · piragua · tagua · tregua · yagua · yegua

Synonyms and antonyms of lengua in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lengua» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LENGUA

Find out the translation of lengua to 25 languages with our Spanish multilingual translator.

The translations of lengua from Spanish to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lengua» in Spanish.

In the following section you can check the translations of lengua in the Spanish-English dictionary.
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SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

lengua
lengua-1 
  tongue.
 Although I do at times write with my tongue between my lips (the standard attitude of deep concentration), there are other times when it is equally firmly in my cheek.
beber con la lengua  [Al estilo de los animales]
lap up
 He stopped, sniffed the air, then began lapping up water, which the others did except five who kept watch in the brush.
darle a la lengua        
shoot + the breeze
shoot + the bull
natter
have + a natter
chew + the fat
yack
have + a yack
talk about + ideas
 While they eat, they shoot the breeze, telling tall tales and talking about the guy who just left.
 I wish him well in his retirement, he always seemed like the kind of guy you could talk sports with or just shoot the bull.
 Overall very impressed with their behaviour and attitude except for two who couldn't stop nattering during the last ten minutes of the lesson.
 It's a perfect bar to meet up and have a drink and a natter or simply chill and relax whilst watching the world go by in the park below.
 It was the perfect time to chew the fat with Geoff and talk to him about his insatiable appetite for the macabre.
 A woman yacking on the phone swerved over into the bike lane and hit a 10 yr old girl on her way home from school.
 I'd be pleased to have a yack on the phone if you want to bounce any ideas around, consider options etc and get the ball rolling.
 That's for those who like to sit around and talk about ideas and idly stroking each other but don't like to put their balls on the line and do things.
decían las malas lenguas que 
rumour had it that
 Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.
dicen las malas lenguas que  
rumour has it that
(the) word on the street is that
 Rumor has it that she 'tolerates' Mathilda Panopoulos, having tried many times to engage her in meaningful dialogue only to find her 'hopelessly set in her opinions'.
 Word on the street is that the hottest thing when it comes to fashion for men right now is pantyhose.
enfermedad de la lengua azul 
bluetongue disease
 Bluetongue disease (also called catarrhal fever) is a non-contagious, insect-borne viral disease of ruminants.
enredo de lengua 
slip of the tongue
 The use of short 'tongue-twister' phrases in eliciting spontaneous slips of the tongue is a useful technique for collecting spoonerism data from children.
hablar con lengua de serpiente    
talk with + a twisted tongue
speak with + a twisted tongue
speak with + a split tongue
speak with + a forked tongue
 Developments in recent weeks have reaffirmed what some of us have been saying for a long time: Our present administration acts and talks with a twisted tongue.
 Do not on these high matters speak with a twisted tongue; do not use words with double meanings; do not use sentences with hidden purposes.
 Who is there still to trust if even the most 'reputable' and highly paid accountants, auditors and finance analysts speak with a split tongue.
 Instead, he opted to speak with a forked tongue, intoning the rhetoric of peace in English while speaking the language of armed struggle in Arabic.
humedecer con la lengua 
lick
 Control males were slower to contact pups, licked them more, and huddled less than control females.
irse de la lengua    
spill + the beans
shoot + Posesivo + mouth off
let + the cat out of the bag
blow + the gaff
 Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and 'spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.
 She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
 Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
 It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
lengua bífida  
forked tongue
split tongue
 All snakes have forked tongues, but only some groups of lizards do.
 Hummingbirds have split tongues, which they fold into a tube when feeding.
lengua de fuego 
tongue of fire
 Much of what lies before our eyes today like a tongue of fire - animal pestilences and the poisoning of our foodstuffs - was already announced many years ago.
lengua negra  [Crecimiento de pelos en la lengua]
hairy tongue
 Hairy tongue is an uncommon, benign condition that is also known as black hairy tongue or lingua nigra.
lengua oscurecida 
black hairy tongue
 Hairy tongue is an uncommon, benign condition that is also known as black hairy tongue or lingua nigra.
lengua peluda  [Crecimiento de pelos en la lengua]
hairy tongue
 Hairy tongue is an uncommon, benign condition that is also known as black hairy tongue or lingua nigra.
mojar con la lengua 
lick
 Control males were slower to contact pups, licked them more, and huddled less than control females.
morderse la lengua  [Controlarse a la hora de decir algo]    
stay + Posesivo + tongue
hold + Posesivo + tongue
bite + Posesivo + tongue
bite + Posesivo + lip
pull + Posesivo + punches
 But she stayed her tongue, and said instead: 'I don't have the materials I need to do the kind of work they want done'.
 The article is entitled 'Hold Your Tongue: Bilingualism and the Politics of 'English Only''.
 I've been trying to bite my tounge and let him do things his own way.
 And so, over and over again, in public and right on cue, he wiped away a tear, bit his lip, and said how remorseful he felt.
 She never pulled her punches; she called a spade a spade; and she kept a lot of her anarchism to the end.
no morderse la lengua  
call + a spade a spade
not to hold any punches
 It's about time that people stopped tip-toeing around issues regarding people's identity and called a spade a spade.
 He doesn't hold any punches and likes to tell it like it is.
no tener pelos en la lengua  
call + a spade a spade
not to hold any punches
 It's about time that people stopped tip-toeing around issues regarding people's identity and called a spade a spade.
 He doesn't hold any punches and likes to tell it like it is.
piercing de la lengua 
tongue stud
 Tongue studs frequently damage the person's teeth, causing tiny fractures and huge chips.
piercing para la lengua 
tongue stud
 Tongue studs frequently damage the person's teeth, causing tiny fractures and huge chips.
sacarle la lengua (a) 
stick + Posesivo + tongue out (at)
 Whe she saw what was happening she looked at them as they walked out of the room and stuck her tongue out at them.
sin pelos en la lengua 
outspokenly
 Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.
soltársele a Uno la lengua 
tongue + be unloosed
 Her tongue was unloosed now, and she gazed at him questioningly, piercingly.
tener pelos en la lengua 
mince + words
 Although not a polemicist, the author minces no words in condemning the brutality and stupidity of the communist leadership.
lengua
lengua-2 
  language.
 A paraphrase is an interpretation of the concepts featured in a document, written in the language of the writer of the paraphrase.
Asociación de Lenguas Modernas (MLA)  [Asociación americana]
Modern Language Association (MLA)
 Organizations such as the American Chemical Society, the American Library Association, the Bibliographical Society of America, the Modern Language Association (MLA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and many other similar groups publish some outstanding bibliographical tools.
conocimiento de lengua 
language skill
 There is need for library staff to have language and computer skills, training in librarianship, and in the specific subject area in which they work.
de lengua árabe 
Arabic speaking
 All Arabic speaking migrants are included in the study and these include Egyptians, Lebanese, Jordanians, Syrians, Iraqis and Palestinians.
dominio de una lengua extranjera  [Generalmente se sobreentiende lengua 'extranjera']
language proficiency
 As far as work abroad is concerned, preference should be given to librarians under the age of 45 with foreign language proficiency who are willing to cover at least part of their travel costs.
en diversas lenguas 
multilingually
 This journal is distinctive for both its multidisciplinary character and its preparedness to publish multilingually.
en dos lenguas 
bilingually
 Some journals are published bilingually in Arabic and English, and a few are in Arabic only.
entre varias lenguas 
cross-lingual
 Monolingual interrogation is insufficient in an increasing number of cases, resulting in the need for cross-lingual retrieval = Las consultas monolingües son insuficientes en un número de casos cada vez mayor, siendo necesario la recuperación en varias lenguas.
en varias lenguas   
cross-lingual
cross-language
multilingually
 Monolingual interrogation is insufficient in an increasing number of cases, resulting in the need for cross-lingual retrieval = Las consultas monolingües son insuficientes en un número de casos cada vez mayor, siendo necesario la recuperación en varias lenguas.
 This conference minitrack will cover theoretical and application issues related to cross-language document search.
 This journal is distinctive for both its multidisciplinary character and its preparedness to publish multilingually.
ESL (Inglés como Segunda Lengua) 
ESL (English as a Second Language)
 The similarities in narrative style, the emphasis on incident and the use of colourful themes such as the supernatural, horror and fantasy, enable Chinese ESL (English-as-a-second-language) readers to identify with these novels.
hablar en lengua desconocida  
speak in + tongues
talk in + tongues
 The following papers were presented: 'Speaking in tongues: erecting a professional Tower of Babel'.
 Many Baptists think talking in tongues is a demonic thing.
lengua autóctona 
indigenous language
 In South Africa, since 1990, the right sort of material in Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and other indigenous languages is gradually starting to appear.
lengua de intercambio  [En un sistema multilingüe, lengua utilizada para el intercambio de datos]
exchange language
 An exchange language is the language used as a medium for data exchange in those multilingual systems which, as a matter of policy, decide to use terms selected from only one language for this purpose.
lengua escrita 
written language
 The development of alphabets altered human consciousness and the linearity of written language clouding our minds to the multidimensionality of human thought.
lengua extinta 
extinct language
 An extinct language is a language which no longer has any native speakers.
lengua extranjera 
foreign language
 An algorithmic procedure is put forward by which a foreign language equivalent is found for an input word or expression.
lengua flexionada 
inflected language
 The Basque language is an inflected language whose origin is still somewhat puzzling.
lengua franca 
lingua franca
 The demand for English as the world's lingua franca continues unabated.
lengua hablada 
spoken language
 In the drama of spoken language pauses frame words, form them into significant phrases, can even alter meaning, and infuse emotion.
lengua indígena 
indigenous language
 In South Africa, since 1990, the right sort of material in Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and other indigenous languages is gradually starting to appear.
lengua inglesa 
English language
 This type of subject approach is reasonably successful in the German language but presents problems in the English language.
lengua mandarina 
Mandarin
 A qualitative research technique - focus groups - was used and 19 people participated in 3 group discussions, two composed of Mandarin speakers and one of Cantonese.
lengua materna 
mother tongue
 The problem is that on-line data base services, designed for people whose mother tongue is a rare language, tend to be unprofitable.
lengua minoritaria 
minority language
 Furthermore, the area represents one of the last strongholds of a minority language, since it forms the inland area of the principality of Wales.
lengua muerta  
dead language
dead tongue
 Unfortunately, the only dead language included is Latin.
 If you're going to learn a language, it might as well be one with a growing literature, rather than a dead tongue.
lengua nacional 
national language
 If you establish a principle of using the national language, where do you start off?.
lengua nativa  
native language
native tongue
 Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
 This database is suitable for use by people with a variety of native tongues.
lengua oficial común  [En una situación multilingüe, lengua común utilizada para comunicarse]
working language
 Lacking a universal working language, information managers around the world cannot now deal reliably and efficiently with multilingual documentation.
lengua romance 
romance language
 The English language is rich in synonyms and near-synonyms, because it has roots in both Teutonic and romance languages.
lengua vernácula  [Nombre] 
vernacular
vernacular language
 Such a designation seems to reinforce the popularly held concept of the bureaucratic hierarchy, so the vernacular term 'job description' is preferred here.
 Then came Gutenberg and the modern book, composed in vernacular languages and printed on paper by a press with movable type.
país cuya lengua oficial no es el inglés 
non-English-speaking country
 The article 'How to install an elevator in the Tower of Babel' deals with linguistic problems in the use of English-language information services in non-English-speaking countries.
persona que sólo habla una lengua 
monoglot
 The lower class Gaelic monoglots were largely unable to read, being deprived of both libraries and alternative means of obtaining the limited Gaelic literature.
recuperación de información en varias lenguas 
cross-language information retrieval (CLIR)
 Cross-language information retrieval (CLIR) is the circumstance in which a user tries to search a set of documents written in one language for a query in another language.
TOEFL (Examen de Inglés como Segunda Lengua)  [Examen de inglés que todo estudiante extranjero debe hacer como requisito para su entrada en una universidad americana]
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
 Results of the Pearson Product Moment Test showed a moderate correlation between the students' exit TOEFL scores and the post-test lirary skills scores.
usuario de la lengua 
language user
 The average language user relies on a dictionary as authoritative source of information.

Trends of use of lengua

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LENGUA»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of lengua
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our Spanish online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «lengua».

Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about lengua

EXAMPLES

10 SPANISH QUOTES WITH «LENGUA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lengua.
1
Anacarsis
La lengua es lo mejor y lo peor que poseen los hombres.
2
Diego De Saavedra Fajardo
La lengua disimula y encubre los designios.
3
Eclesiástico
La boca amable multiplica sus amigos; la lengua que habla bien multiplica las afabilidades.
4
Fray Luis De León
Faltan palabras a la lengua para los sentimientos del alma.
5
Máxima Alemana
El tiempo es capaz de destruir todo lo construido, y la lengua de todo lo que aún está por construir.
6
Máxima Aramea
Más vale dar un resbalón con el pie que con la lengua.
7
Miguel De Cervantes
Es tan ligera la lengua como el pensamiento, y si son malas las preñeces de los pensamientos, las empeoran los partos de la lengua.
8
Miguel De Cervantes
Cuando la cólera sale de madre, no tiene la lengua padre, ayo ni freno que la corrija.
9
Oliver W. Holmes
Toda lengua es un templo, en el cual está encerrada, como en un relicario, el alma del que habla.
10
Proverbio Árabe
La herida causada por una lanza puede curar, pero la causada por la lengua es incurable.

10 SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «LENGUA»

De la vaca flaca, la lengua y la pata.
Lengua no tiene hueso, pero corta lo más grueso.
Por guasón ahorcaron a Revenga, y después de ahorcado sacaba la lengua.
Resbalón de pie, percance fue; resbalón de lengua, percance y mengua.
Allá va la lengua do duele la muela.
Como la lengua es falsa y el corazón no, dice la lengua lo que no siente el corazón.
Cuando la cólera sale de madre, no la retiene lengua de padre.
Cuando la lengua se sale de madre, ¡adiós padre!
El honor de una doncella está en una mala lengua.
El mal pajarillo, la lengua tiene por cuchillo.

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LENGUA»

Discover the use of lengua in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lengua and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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Didáctica de la lengua castellana y la literatura
Enseñanza de la Lengua castellana y de la Literatura avalada por la investigación en el aula, los modos de programar y los procesos de evaluación, la enseñanza de la lengua oral, la lectura de textos complejos y la escritura a través ...
Anna Camps i Mundó, Anna M. Margallo González, Carmen Rodríguez Gonzalo, 2011
2
Enseñar lengua
Manual para el profesorado de enseñanza obligatoria (de 6 a 16 años). Explica los conceptos lingüísticos esenciales, sugiere recursos didácticos y, en definitiva, facilita la tarea cotidiana del profesorado.
Daniel Cassany Comas, Glòria Sanz Pinyol, Marta Luna Sanjuan, 1994
3
Introducción a la historia de la lengua española
Resnick offers a detailed and insightful linguistic introduction to the internal and external history of the Spanish language. Text is in Spanish.
Melvyn C. Resnick, 1981
4
Bases lingüísticas y metodológicas para la enseñanza de la ...
El sistema lingüístico de la lengua inglesa y la investigación en el campo de la lingüística aplicada presentados de manera práctica, con actividades y bibliografía recomendada para el estudiante y profesorado
Eva Alcón Soler, 2002
5
Hacia la competencia intercultural en el aprendizaje de una ...
Este libro presenta una reflexión sobre la necesidad de un replanteamiento metodológico de la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera que integre desde el inicio elementos que permitan ir adquiriendo una competencia intercultural y ...
Angels Oliveras Vilaseca, 2000
6
La lengua oral en la escuela: 10 experiencias didácticas
Las cuestiones básicas de la enseñanza de la lengua oral.
Montse Carreras Verdaguer, Juli Palou Sangrà, Margarida Teixidor Corominas, 2005
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La enseñanza del español como lengua materna: actas del II ...
This volume gathers a number of essays by outstanding investigators on the subject of linguistics applied to the teaching of Spanish as a native language.
Humberto López Morales, 1991
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Historia de la lengua española: Español medieval
Este manual dedicado a la historia de la lengua española está centrado en el llamado ''español medieval''.
Javier Medina López, 1999
9
Didáctica de la lengua y la literatura para primaria
Educación
Antonio Mendoza Fillola, Ezequiel Briz Villanueva, 2003
10
Gramática para profesores de español como lengua extranjera, ...
Ser y estar. Los pronombres personales. Conclusión. Respuestas a las actividades. Lecturas recomendadas.AUTOR: Elisabet Areizaga Orube es Profesora del Departamento de Didáctica de Lengua y Literatura de la Universidad del País Vasco.
Elisabet Areizaga Orube, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LENGUA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lengua is used in the context of the following news items.
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El español ya es la lengua nativa de 472 millones de personas, 2 ...
La comunidad hispanohablante, un 7,8% de la población mundial, celebra hoy el Día del Español, la lengua nativa de 472 millones de personas, dos millones ... «El Confidencial, Jul 16»
2
Gabriel García Márquez en la prueba de lengua castellana de ...
Gabriel García Márquez en la prueba de lengua castellana de Selectividad en Catalunya Alumnos del examen de Selectividad momentos antes de iniciar el ... «La Vanguardia, Jun 16»
3
Nueva iniciativa que tiñe de verde la lengua de signos
De esta forma, las personas sordas podrán expresar en lengua de signos la expresión "reciclar vidrio", así como su compromiso con el medio ambiente y los ... «Ambientum, Jun 16»
4
La selectividad arranca en Galicia con Lengua Castellana, textos ...
La jornada se ha iniciado con las pruebas de Lengua Castellana y Literatura, a las 10.00 horas, en las que los alumnos se han encontrado con diversas ... «20minutos.es, Jun 16»
5
Lengua madre solo hay una”, la campaña de la RAE contra los ...
La Real Academia de la Lengua Española y la Academia de publicidad lanzaron una campaña para combatir el uso de los anglicismos, denunciando la ... «Caracol Radio, May 16»
6
El Principito ya puede leerse en lengua aymara
El profesor de lengua aymara y quechua, Roger Gonzalo Segura, fue el ... Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, El Principito, fue traducido a la lengua indígena aymara. «teleSUR TV, May 16»
7
Sabores que dejó el Congreso de la Lengua, después de la salsa
También mexicano, el escritor Jorge Volpi consideró que la "espinosa relación" de nuestra lengua con la ciencia se mantiene y que en la carrera entre la "liebre ... «LA NACION, Mar 16»
8
'Magestad' por Majestad: el Congreso Internacional de la Lengua no ...
La epidemia del lenguaje libertino pasa de las pancartas taurinas a los rótulos televisivos del Congreso de la Lengua Española (CILE). La inolvidable VII ... «El Español, Mar 16»
9
Reclaman la incorporación de la lengua de signos a la educación
El Centro de Normalización Lingüística de la Lengua de Signos Española (CNLSE) del Real Patronato sobre Discapacidad ha reclamado la incorporación de la ... «ABC.es, Feb 16»
10
El español: más pobre pero la tercera lengua más usada en la Red ...
perjudican la lengua, cree que aún no hay perspectiva para saberlo, pero considera sintomático que los directivos de Google lleven a sus hijos a colegios cuya ... «20minutos.es, Jan 16»

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