What does la lengua mean in Spanish?

The Spanish word

Saca la lengua.
Stick out your tongue.

Linda sacó la lengua.
Linda stuck her tongue out.

¿Cuál es tu lengua materna?
What is your mother tongue? | What's your native language?

El español es su lengua materna.
Spanish is her native language. | Spanish is his mother tongue. | Spanish is her mother tongue.

Mi lengua materna es el español.
My mother tongue is Spanish.

El francés es su lengua materna.
French is her mother tongue. | French is their mother tongue. | French is her native language.

El italiano es mi lengua materna.
Italian is my mother tongue.

El inglés no es mi lengua nativa.
English is not my native language. | English is not my mother tongue. | English isn't my first language.

El inglés no es mi lengua materna.
English is not my mother tongue.

Lo tengo en la punta de la lengua.
It's on the tip of my tongue.

Él cogió un espejo y se miró la lengua.
He picked up a mirror and looked at his tongue.

Tengo su nombre en la punta de la lengua.
His name is on the tip of my tongue.

Unos vasos de vino pueden soltar la lengua.
A few glasses of wine can loosen the tongue.

Unas copas de vino pueden aflojar la lengua.
A few glasses of wine can loosen the tongue.

El Sr Wright habla japonés como si fuera su lengua materna.
Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.

El autor tradujo el cuento de hadas a nuestra lengua materna.
The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue.

Brent es americano, pero habla japonés como si fuera su lengua materna.
Brent is an American, but he speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.

Muchos doctores te revisan primero la lengua cuando comienzan una examinación.
Many doctors look at your tongue first when they begin an examination.

Ella habla cinco lenguas extranjeras, pero cuando quiere maldecir habla en su lengua materna.
She speaks five foreign languages, but when she wants to curse she speaks in her mother tongue.

	The Spanish word
	la lengua
	means
	tongue

	Examples:
	Saca la lengua. Stick out your tongue.
	Linda sacó la lengua. Linda stuck her tongue out.
	¿Cuál es tu lengua materna? What is your mother tongue? \| What's your native language?
	El español es su lengua materna. Spanish is her native language. \| Spanish is his mother tongue. \| Spanish is her mother tongue.
	Mi lengua materna es el español. My mother tongue is Spanish.
	El francés es su lengua materna. French is her mother tongue. \| French is their mother tongue. \| French is her native language.
	El italiano es mi lengua materna. Italian is my mother tongue.
	El inglés no es mi lengua nativa. English is not my native language. \| English is not my mother tongue. \| English isn't my first language.
	El inglés no es mi lengua materna. English is not my mother tongue.
	Lo tengo en la punta de la lengua. It's on the tip of my tongue.
	Él cogió un espejo y se miró la lengua. He picked up a mirror and looked at his tongue.
	Tengo su nombre en la punta de la lengua. His name is on the tip of my tongue.
	Unos vasos de vino pueden soltar la lengua. A few glasses of wine can loosen the tongue.
	Unas copas de vino pueden aflojar la lengua. A few glasses of wine can loosen the tongue.
	El Sr Wright habla japonés como si fuera su lengua materna. Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
	El autor tradujo el cuento de hadas a nuestra lengua materna. The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue.
	Brent es americano, pero habla japonés como si fuera su lengua materna. Brent is an American, but he speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
	Muchos doctores te revisan primero la lengua cuando comienzan una examinación. Many doctors look at your tongue first when they begin an examination.
	Ella habla cinco lenguas extranjeras, pero cuando quiere maldecir habla en su lengua materna. She speaks five foreign languages, but when she wants to curse she speaks in her mother tongue.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org