lengua

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish lengua (“tongue”). Doublet of langue, lingua, and tongue. === Noun === lengua (uncountable) A Mexican dish consisting of beef tongue used to make tacos. === Anagrams === langue, lagune, Luange, genual, Naugle, ulnage == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish lengua (“tongue”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlenɡa/, [ˈlẽŋ.ɡa] Hyphenation: len‧gua === Noun === lengua (anatomy) tongue == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lĭngua. Displaced by Florentine lingua, which underwent anaphonesis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlen.ɡwa/ Rhymes: -enɡwa Hyphenation: lén‧gua === Noun === lengua f (plural lengue) (Romanesco, archaic) alternative form of lingua (“tongue”) == Ladino == === Noun === lengua f (Hebrew spelling לינגוה, plural lenguas) alternative form of lingua === References === == Ligurian == === Alternative forms === léngoa (Grafîa ofiçiâ) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleŋɡwa/ === Noun === lengua f (plural lengue) (anatomy) tongue (flexible muscular organ in the mouth) (metonymic) language Synonym: lenguaggio (ichthyology) common sole (Solea solea) ==== Derived terms ==== == Lombard == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lingua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleːŋɡwa/, /ˈleŋɡwa/ === Noun === lengua f tongue (countable) 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 communication) == Neapolitan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lingua. === Pronunciation === (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈleŋɡwə] === Noun === lengua f (plural lengue) tongue language === References === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 106: “la lingua” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Noun === lengua alternative form of lingua === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lengua”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lengua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Old Occitan == === Alternative forms === lenga === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lingua. === Noun === lengua f (oblique plural lenguas, nominative singular lengua, nominative plural lenguas) (countable) 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 communication) ==== Related terms ==== lengaje ==== Descendants ==== Occitan: lenga Gascon: lengua Limousin: linga Provençal: lengo, lenguo == Old Spanish == === Alternative forms === lingua === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lingua. === Noun === lengua f (plural lenguas) (anatomy) tongue (countable) 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 communication) ==== Descendants ==== Ladino: לינגוה / lengua, lingua Spanish: lengua (see there for further descendants) === References === Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “lengua”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 302 == Romansh == === Alternative forms === lieunga (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) glianga (Surmiran) laungia (Puter) leua (Vallader) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lingua. === Noun === lengua f (plural lenguas) (Vallader) tongue == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish lengua, from Latin lingua. Cognate with English tongue and language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlenɡwa/ [ˈlẽŋ.ɡwa] Rhymes: -enɡwa Syllabification: len‧gua === Noun === lengua f (plural lenguas) tongue (organ) (countable) 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 communication) Synonyms: idioma, habla Spanish (subject taught in schools) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Chavacano: lengua Papiamentu: lenga → English: lengua === Further reading === “lengua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025