Španielčina | Angličtina |
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lenguaje soez noun {m} | profanity [profanities](obscene, lewd or abusive language) |
lenguaraz adjective | foul-mouthed(of a user of bad language) |
lenguaz adjective | garrulous(excessively or tiresomely talkative) |
auxilengua noun {f} | auxiliary languagenoun |
beso con lengua noun {m} | French kiss(a kiss involving the tongue) |
deslenguado adjective | bigmouthed(loud, talkative, indiscreet) foul-mouthed(of a user of bad language) mouthy(overly talkative, insolent, and loud) |
dicen las malas lenguas phrase | rumour has it(there is a rumor that...) |
doble lenguaje noun | doublespeak(language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning) |
en la punta de la lengua preposition | on the tip of one's tongue(known but not quite remembered) |
en lenguaje llano preposition | in layman's terms(phrased simply) |
examen de ruso como lengua extranjera noun {m} | TORFLnoun |
hablar con lengua viperina verb | |
hacerse lenguas de verb | praise to the skiesverb |
irse de la lengua verb | let the cat out of the bag(to disclose a secret, often inadvertently) spill the beans(to reveal a secret; to disclose) |
morderse la lengua verb | hold one's tongue(refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) |
neolengua noun {f} | newspeak(use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners) |
neolengua proper noun {f} | Newspeak(fictional language) |
no tener pelos en la lengua verb | mince words(to use euphemisms) |
paralenguaje noun {m} | paralanguage(non-verbal elements of speech) |
procesamiento del lenguaje natural noun {m} | natural language processing(field concerning interaction with computers using natural languages) |
protolengua noun {f} | proto-language(common ancestor language) |
sacar la lengua verb | stick one's tongue out(to push one's tongue out) |
trabalenguas noun {m} | tongue-twister [tongue-twisters](phrase which is difficult to say) |
¿te ha comido la lengua el gato? phrase | cat got someone's tongue(why are you not saying anything?) |