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lengua / tongue
lengua
1. (anatomy) tongue
·me he mordido la lengua
·I've bitten my tongue
a. [beber] con la lengua = to lap up
b. [mala] lengua = gossip
·segúnoun las malas lenguas ...
·according to gossip ...
c. [sacar] la lengua
·abra la boca y saque la lengua
·open your mouth and put o stick your tongue out
·no le saques la lengua a tu hermana
·don't stick your tongue out at your sister
d. [andar] en lenguas to be the talk of the town
e. [atar] la lengua a somebody, someone to silence somebody
f. [buscar] la lengua a somebody, someone to pick a quarrel with somebody
g. ¿te ha comido la lengua el gato? has the cat got your tongue?
h. [darle] a la lengua to chatter, talk too much
i. [darse] la lengua * to french-kiss
j. [hacerse] lenguas de somebody, someone/algo to praise somebody/something to the skies, rave about somebody/something
k. [irse] de la lengua to let the cat out of the bag
l. llegar con la lengua fuera to arrive out of breath
m. [morderse] la lengua to hold one'noun tongue, bite one'noun lip o tongue
n. [nacer] con la lengua fuera to be born idle
o. [no morderse] la lengua not to mince one'noun words, not to pull one'noun punches
p. no tener [pelos] en la lengua not to mince one'noun words, not to pull one'noun punches
q. tener algo en la [punta] de la lengua to have something on the tip of one'noun tongue
r. [soltar] la lengua * to spill the beans *
s. [tener] mucha lengua * to be lippy *, be cheeky *
t. [tirar] de la lengua a somebody, someone to draw somebody out, make somebody talk
·lengua de trapo baby talk
·lengua larga
(Latin America)
·lengua viperina sharp tongue, vicious tongue
2. [de campana] tongue, clapper
3. (geography)
·lengua de tierra spit of land, tongue of land
4. (linguistics) language, tongue
(Spain) (school) Spanish language as a school subject
·hablar en lengua
(Andes) to speak Quichua
·lengua de destino target language
·lengua de origen source language
·lengua de trabajo working language
·lengua franca lingua franca
·lengua madre parent language
·lengua materna mother tongue
·lengua minoritaria minority language
·lengua moderna modern language
·lengua muerta dead language
·lengua oficial official language
·lengua viva living language
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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