lengua

/ˈlenɡwa/, [ˈlẽŋ.ɡwa]

language, tongue

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Me gustaría añadir una nueva lengua en Tatoeba, ¿qué tengo que hacer?

I'd like to add a new language in Tatoeba, what do I have to do?

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Los cursos intermedios y avanzados de una lengua se dan en la lengua que se está aprendiendo.

Intermediate and advanced language courses are given in the language being learned.

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Brent es americano, pero habla japonés como si fuera su lengua materna.

Brent is an American, but he speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.

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El inglés es una lengua.

English is a language.

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Ella habla inglés como si fuera su lengua materna.

She speaks English as if she were a native speaker.

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El esperanto es una lengua internacional planificada.

Esperanto is an international planned language.

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El motor de búsqueda "Yandex" también empezó a admitir la lengua tártara.

“Yandex” search engine started supporting Tatar language too.

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El chavacano es una lengua criolla con base en español.

Chavacano is a Spanish-based creole language.

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A menudo se dice que el japonés es una lengua difícil de aprender.

It's often said that Japanese is a difficult language to learn.

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Se mordió la lengua y no dijo nada.

He held his tongue and didn't say a word.

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Uno no puede aprender un idioma sin estar en contacto con la lengua.

One cannot learn a language without being in touch with the language.

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No es fácil aprender una lengua extranjera.

It isn't easy to learn a foreign language.

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¿En qué lengua hablarán los extraterrestres?

I wonder what language aliens would speak in.

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Los perros controlan su temperatura jadeando con la lengua fuera.

A dog controls its temperature by panting with its tongue out.

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Mary piensa que el latín no es una lengua muerta.

Mary believes that Latin is not a dead language.

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¡Larga vida a la lengua persa!

Long live the Persian language!

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La práctica es el único método que hay para dominar una lengua extranjera.

Practice is the only way to master foreign languages.

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Oí que es imposible sonar como un hablante nativo a menos que uno empiece a hablar la lengua antes de los doce años.

I've heard that it's impossible to sound like a native speaker unless one starts speaking the language before the age of twelve.

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Es ese, ya sabes, eh, el comosellame. Está en la punta de la lengua, pero simplemente ¡no puedo recordar el nombre!

It's that, you know, um, whatchamacallit. It's on the tip of my tongue, but I just can't remember the name!

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No se puede separar la lengua y la cultura.

You can't separate language from culture.

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