lengua

/ˈlenɡwa/, [ˈlẽŋ.ɡwa]

language, tongue


Examples
  • Los sordomudos hablan usando la lengua de signos.

    Deaf-mute people talk using sign language.

  • El holandés es una lengua bajofranconia.

    Dutch is a Low Franconian language.

  • Casi todos saben que mi lengua materna es el turco.

    Nearly everyone knows that my mother tongue is Turkish.

  • Es una buena idea estudiar la lengua y cultura del país que vas a visitar.

    It's a good idea to study the language and culture of the country you're going to visit.

  • Una lengua es un dialecto con un ejército y una marina.

    A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.

  • El japonés es mi lengua materna.

    Japanese is my mother tongue.

  • Zamenhof, el creador de la lengua artificial "esperanto", era un oftalmólogo.

    Zamenhof, creator of the constructed language Esperanto, was an ophthalmologist.

  • Estoy en búsqueda de la lengua perdida.

    I am in search of the lost language.

  • El árabe no es una lengua difícil.

    Arabic isn't a difficult language.

  • Cansada de ser el foco de las acusaciones de Tom, Mary voló a Francia, cuya lengua carece de modo acusativo.

    Tired of being the subject of the accusations from Tom, Mary fled to France, whose language has no accusative case.

  • No puedo cometer un error así. El ruso es mi lengua nativa.

    I cannot make such a mistake. Russian is my native tongue.

  • El irlandés es una lengua muy bonita.

    Irish is a very beautiful language.

  • La mejor manera de ayudarnos es contribuir en su propia lengua materna.

    The best way to help us is to contribute in your own native language.

  • Estos artículos tratan de presentar la historia de la lengua romanche.

    These articles try to present the history of the Romansh language.

  • Una lengua extranjera no puede dominarse en un año o menos.

    A foreign language cannot be mastered in a year or so.

  • El extranjero habla japonés como su fuera su lengua nativa.

    The foreigner speaks Japanese as if it were his native language.

  • Una lengua propia para cada nación y una segunda compartida por todos.

    An own language for each nation and a second that's shared by all.

  • Algunos piensan que la lengua berebere podría extinguirse.

    Some think that the Berber language might die out.

  • La lengua no tiene huesos, pero es lo suficientemente fuerte para romper corazones.

    The tongue has no bones but is strong enough to break hearts.

  • Prefiero no malgastar el tiempo intentando aprender una lengua que no necesito saber.

    I'd rather not waste my time trying to learn a language that I don't need to know.


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