língua

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See also: lingua

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lingua (“tongue, language”), from Latin lingua (“tongue, language”), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā (“tongue”), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).

Cognate with Galician lingua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, Occitan lenga, French langue, Italian lingua and Romanian limbă.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ĩɡwɐ
  • Hyphenation: lín‧gua

Noun

língua f (plural línguas)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. language
    Synonym: idioma
    Língua portuguesa
    Portuguese language
    O inglês é a minha segunda língua.
    English is my second language.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Angolar: lunga
  • Annobonese: lunga
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: lingu, lingua
  • Indo-Portuguese: lingo, légo, leagou
  • Kabuverdianu: lingua
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: ling
  • Macanese: língu
  • Principense: lunge

Noun

língua m or f by sense (plural línguas)

  1. (archaic) interpreter (person who converts spoken language in real time)
    Synonym: intérprete
    • 1858 January 7, Francisco Felizardo Saudás de Carvalho, Auto de averiguação; republished as “N.º 68–C”, in Documentos relativos ao apresamento, julgamento e entrega da barca franceza Charles et Georges, Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1858, page 122:
      Disseram mais os ditos Antonio e Tambor, que a Barca viera a Quitangonha ou Matibana, e que fundeára perto de uma Ilha, e que logo fundeada o Capitão e um Mouro que traziam a bordo por nome Abdala, que servia de lingua, foram para terra levando dinheiro n'um sacco […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Quotations

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