língua materna

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See also: lingua materna

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, maternal language.

Noun

língua materna f (plural línguas maternas)

  1. mother tongue (one's native tongue)
    Synonyms: idioma materno, idioma nativo, língua nativa
    Antonym: segundo idioma