tongue

/tʌŋ/

Translation

n [c, u]

›

⇨ lengua

I burnt my tongue tasting the meal

Me he quemado la lengua al probar al comida

n [c]

› (form)

⇨ idioma

⇨ lengua

Véase tb: a sharp tongue; a slip of the tongue; mother tongue; to be on the tip of one's tongue

(Definition of tongue nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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