lenguarse la traba

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Spanish

Etymology

A hyperthesis of trabarse la lengua (to fumble with one's tongue, to stammer, to stutter), as a metasemantic emphasis on the act of messing with one's words.

Verb

lenguarse la traba (impersonal, third-person singular present se lengua la traba, third-person singular preterite se lenguó la traba, past participle lenguado la traba)

  1. (impersonal, colloquial) Synonym of trabar la lengua: to fumble with one's tongue, to stammer, to stutter
    Se me lengua la traba cuando hablo en público.
    I stutter when I speak in public.
    • 1872, Ángel Mondéjar y Mendoza, Luis de Charles, Mambrú, Madrid: J. Rodríguez, Escena XVI, page 28:
      –Es tanta mi emoción, señora mia, que se anudan las gargantas en mis palabras.
      –Lo creo, porque se os lengua la traba.
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    • 1982 September 15, Luis, “Carta a los amigos sobre mi operación de almorranas”, in Andalán, numbers 364-365, Aragón, España, page 49:
      Y cuando el doctor me dijo: «A operarse tocan», y ya me había tocado, no se me lenguó la traba aunque casi me compuse.
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