tongue

tongue
noun
1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) lengua
2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) lengua
3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) lengua
4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) lengua, idioma
tongue n lengua
cats have very rough tongues los gatos tienen la lengua muy áspera
to hold your tongue callarte
to stick your tongue out sacar la lengua
tongue
tr[tʌŋ]
noun
1 SMALLANATOMY/SMALL lengua
2 (language) lengua, idioma nombre masculino
3 (of shoe) lengüeta
4 (of bell) badajo
5 (of land, flame) lengua
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
cat got your tongue? / have you lost your tongue? ¿se te ha comido la lengua el gato?
to get one's tongue round something poder pronunciar algo
to hold one's tongue callarse
tongue in cheek en broma, irónicamente
to put one's tongue out / stick one's tongue out sacar la lengua
to set tongues wagging dar que hablar
with one's tongue hanging out con la lengua fuera
tongue twister trabalenguas m inv
tongue ['tʌŋ] n
1) : lengua f
2) language: lengua f, idioma m
tongue
n.
diente s.m.
lengua s.f.
lengüeta (Mecánica) s.f.
tʌŋ
noun
1) c
a) (Anat) lengua f

to set tongues wagging — dar* que hablar

to bite one's tongue — (colloq) morderse* la lengua

to get one's tongue around something — (colloq) pronunciar algo

to have a cruel o sharp o wicked tongue — tener* lengua viperina or de víbora

to have a loose tongue — hablar más de la cuenta

to hold one's tongue — callarse, contenerse*

to keep a civil tongue in one's head — expresarse en lenguaje respetuoso

to say something (with) tongue in cheek — decir* algo medio burlándose or medio en broma

b) u c (Culin) lengua f
2) c (of flame) lengua f; (on shoe) lengüeta f
3) c (language) lengua f, idioma m
[tʌŋ]
1. N
1) (Anat, Culin) lengua f

to put or stick one's tongue out (at sb) — sacar la lengua (a algn)

she has a quick/nasty tongue — (fig) tiene mucha labia/una lengua viperina

- with one's tongue in one's cheek

to say sth tongue in cheek — decir algo en tono de burla

- keep a civil tongue in one's head

to get one's tongue around sth —

I can't get my tongue round these Latin names — estos nombres latinos resultan impronunciables

to find one's tongue —

so you've found your tongue? — ¿así que estás dispuesto por fin a hablar?

- give tongue
- hold one's tongue

hold your tongue! — ¡cállate la boca!

- loosen sb's tongue

wine loosens the tongue — el vino suelta la lengua

to lose one's tongue —

have you lost your tongue? — ¿te has tragado la lengua?

to trip or roll off the tongue —

the formula came tripping or rolling off his/her tongue — pronunció la fórmula con la mayor facilidad

it doesn't exactly trip off the tongue — no se puede decir que sea fácil de pronunciar

2) [of shoe] lengüeta f ; [of bell] badajo m ; (fig) [of flame, land] lengua f
3) (=language) lengua f , idioma m

in the German tongue — en alemán, en la lengua alemana

to speak in tongues — (Rel) hablar en lenguas desconocidas

2.
CPD

tongue twister N — trabalenguas m inv

* * *
[tʌŋ]
noun
1) c
a) (Anat) lengua f

to set tongues wagging — dar* que hablar

to bite one's tongue — (colloq) morderse* la lengua

to get one's tongue around something — (colloq) pronunciar algo

to have a cruel o sharp o wicked tongue — tener* lengua viperina or de víbora

to have a loose tongue — hablar más de la cuenta

to hold one's tongue — callarse, contenerse*

to keep a civil tongue in one's head — expresarse en lenguaje respetuoso

to say something (with) tongue in cheek — decir* algo medio burlándose or medio en broma

b) u c (Culin) lengua f
2) c (of flame) lengua f; (on shoe) lengüeta f
3) c (language) lengua f, idioma m

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