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lengua -feminine noun (la), tongue. Look up lengua in the dictionary

La lengua de vaca es muy sabrosa en tacos.
Tacos made with cow tongue taste really good.
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Old May 28, 2008, 05:02 AM
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- Sacar la lengua es de mala educación.
- ¿Te ha comido la lengua el gato?
- Lo tengo en la punta de la lengua
- ¿Es el chino tu lengua materna?
- Me encanta cuando habla con esa lengua de trapo.
- Este chaval no se muerde la lengua.
Do you understand all the sentences? Quite a few are the same in English, but not all.
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- Sacar la lengua es de mala educación.
- ¿Te ha comido la lengua el gato?
- Lo tengo en la punta de la lengua
- ¿Es el chino tu lengua materna?
- Me encanta cuando habla con esa lengua de trapo.Does this mean, I love it when you speak to me that way?
- Este chaval no se muerde la lengua.
Do you understand all the sentences? Quite a few are the same in English, but not all.
María, solamente algunos entiendo. Puse una carita al lado de los que no
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Lengua de trapo is an expression used to refer to the way toddlers speak (baby talk).
Morderse la lengua is to mince your words.
Ah! and I forgot:lengua de gato. Know that one?
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Lengua de trapo is an expression used to refer to the way toddlers speak (baby talk).
Morderse la lengua is to mince your words.
Ah! and I forgot:lengua de gato. Know that one?
Does it mean, Did the cat get you tongue? (which means that you are short of words or strangely silent)

Oh, this is interesting:In the USA we say Morderse la lengua but it has a really different meaning. In means when you say something that you doesn't want to here. Example: Fulanito said, "I think it's going to rain on
the day of the wedding. Mengano answers "Bite you tongue!" Is there a similar phrase in Spanish?
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I have seen tongue in some restaurants, but I don't think it's very common.
Bite your tongue! would be simply cállate or no seas gafe.
Has the cat got your tongue? is ¿te ha comido la lengua el gato?, but a lengua de gato is a long, thin chocolate (tongue-shaped, more or less) with a picture of a cat on it.
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So.... based on your explanation María:
Me encanta cuando habla con esa lengua de trapo. Oh, I love the way he talks, it's so cute.
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That's it.One more point.
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A propósito- En España, ¿comen la lengua de res?
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