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lengua

lengua noun: a Mexican dish consisting of beef tongue used to make tacos.

Noun

lengua (uncountable)

  1. A Mexican dish consisting of beef tongue used to make tacos.

Origin of lengua

Borrowed from Spanish lengua (“tongue”). Doublet of langue, lingua, and tongue.

Questions about lengua

What does lengua mean?
Lengua means a Mexican dish consisting of beef tongue used to make tacos.
What part of speech is lengua?
Lengua is a noun.

Words near lengua in the dictionary

  1. lengthsmen
  2. lengthsome
  3. lengthways
  4. lengthwise
  5. lengthy
  6. lengua
  7. Lengyel
  8. Lenham
  9. Lenham Heath
  10. Lenhard
  11. Lenhards

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