lengua

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la lengua(

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A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).

¡No me saques la lengua!Don't stick out your tongue at me!

2. (system of communication)

La lengua española se derivó de un dialecto del latín popular.The Spanish language was derived from a dialect of Vulgar Latin.

Su lengua materna es xinca.His mother tongue is Xinca.

a. language arts

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

¿Han leído algo interesante en lengua este año?Have you read anything interesting in language arts this year?

b. Spanish (in Spanish-speaking countries)

Soy negado para mates y eso. Me gustan mucho más lengua e historia.I'm useless at math and all that. I like Spanish and history a lot more.

c. English (in the UK)

Tenemos lengua y mates todos los días.We have English and maths every day.

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lengua extranjera	foreign language
lengua materna	mother tongue
sacar la lengua	to stick out one's tongue
lengua indígena	indigenous language
no tener pelos en la lengua	to not mince words
lengua quechua	Quechua language
clase de lengua	language arts class
¿Cómo moldea la lengua nuestra identidad cultural?	How does language shape our cultural identity?
lengua de signos	sign language
lengua nativa	native language
inglés como segunda lengua	English as a second language
qué lengua hablas	what language do you speak
lengua de señas	sign language
lengua oficial	official language
lengua madre	mother tongue
lengua franca	lingua franca
¿Viene la palabra "raqueta" de la misma lengua?	Does the word "raqueta" come from the same language?
hablar otra lengua	to speak another language
para hablar otra lengua	to speak another language
¿De qué lengua viene la palabra "tenis"?	What language does the word "tenis" come from?

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