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1 tongue
I [tʌŋ]1) anat. lingua f. (anche fig.)to stick out one's tongue at sb. — fare la lingua o la linguaccia a qcn.
to lose, find one's tongue — fig. perdere, ritrovare la lingua
2) (language) lingua f.3) gastr. lingua f.4) (flap) (on shoe) linguetta f.••has the cat got your tongue? — colloq. ti sei mangiato la lingua?
II [tʌŋ]to get the rough side o edge of sb.'s tongue essere insultato da qcn.; I have his name on the tip of my tongue ho il suo nome sulla punta della lingua; to loosen sb.'s tongue sciogliere la lingua a qcn.; I can't get my tongue round it non riesco a pronunciarlo; a slip of the tongue un lapsus; hold your tongue! colloq. frena la lingua! watch your tongue! — bada a come parli!
verbo transitivo mus. staccare [note, passage]* * *1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) lingua2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) lingua3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) lingua4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) lingua* * *I [tʌŋ]1) anat. lingua f. (anche fig.)to stick out one's tongue at sb. — fare la lingua o la linguaccia a qcn.
to lose, find one's tongue — fig. perdere, ritrovare la lingua
2) (language) lingua f.3) gastr. lingua f.4) (flap) (on shoe) linguetta f.••has the cat got your tongue? — colloq. ti sei mangiato la lingua?
II [tʌŋ]to get the rough side o edge of sb.'s tongue essere insultato da qcn.; I have his name on the tip of my tongue ho il suo nome sulla punta della lingua; to loosen sb.'s tongue sciogliere la lingua a qcn.; I can't get my tongue round it non riesco a pronunciarlo; a slip of the tongue un lapsus; hold your tongue! colloq. frena la lingua! watch your tongue! — bada a come parli!
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2 native
['neɪtɪv] 1.1) (original) [ land] nativo, natio; [ tongue] materno2) bot. zool. indigenoto go native — scherz. assumere i costumi del luogo
3) (natural) [cunning, wit] innato2.to be a native of — [person, plant] essere originario di
* * *['neitiv] 1. adjective1) (where one was born: my native land.) natale, natio2) (belonging to that place; local: the native customs/art of Brazil; This animal/plant is native to Australia.) locale, nativo3) (belonging by race to a country: a native Englishman.) nativo4) (belonging to a person naturally: native intelligence.) innato2. noun1) (a person born in a certain place: a native of Scotland; a native of London.) nativo2) (one of the original inhabitants of a country eg before the arrival of explorers, immigrants etc: Columbus thought the natives of America were Indians.) indigeno•- native language/tongue
- native speaker
- native to
- the Nativity* * *['neɪtɪv] 1.1) (original) [ land] nativo, natio; [ tongue] materno2) bot. zool. indigenoto go native — scherz. assumere i costumi del luogo
3) (natural) [cunning, wit] innato2.to be a native of — [person, plant] essere originario di
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3 native language/tongue
noun My native language is Spanish, but I also speak English and German.) lingua madre -
4 mother tongue
1) (native tongue) madrelingua f.2) (tongue from which others evolve) lingua f. madre* * *nlingua materna, madrelingua* * *1) (native tongue) madrelingua f.2) (tongue from which others evolve) lingua f. madre -
5 mother-tongue
noun (a person's native language: My mother-tongue is Hindi.) madrelingua
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