lengua
Spanish, noun/ˈlenɡwa/
lengua is spelled L-E-N-G-U-A (6 letters) and appears 83 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,057th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lengua is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tongue (organ)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Órgano ubicado en el interior de la boca de personas y animales, con ella se percibe el sentido del gusto y…”.
What does lengua mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetongue (organ)
- 2
femininelanguage (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)
- 3
feminineSpanish (subject taught in schools)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Órgano ubicado en el interior de la boca de personas y animales, con ella se percibe el sentido del gusto y se modifican los sonidos producidos en la boca. 2. Idioma o código que usa una comunidad de hablantes.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lengua
- lenguas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lengua?
- /ˈlenɡwa/
- [ˈlẽŋ.ɡwa]
- [ˈlẽŋgwa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lengua
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lengua in Spanish?
lengua appears 83 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).