lenguaje
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish lenguage, borrowed from Old French language or Old Occitan lenguatge, both from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, derived from Latin lingua. By surface analysis, lengua + -aje. Cognate with English language.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lenguaje m (plural lenguajes)
- language (the ability to communicate using words)
- language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them, understood by a community)
- 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, in CNN en Español[1]:
- El japonés que se habla también depende del género. Hay un lenguaje “rudo” para los hombres y otro más “femenino” para las mujeres, pero debes entender ambos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- language (the expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way)
- lenguaje sencillo ― simple language
- lenguaje corporal ― body language
- vocabulary
- Synonyms: jerga, vocabulario
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lenguaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
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- Spanish terms suffixed with -aje
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/axe
- Rhymes:Spanish/axe/3 syllables
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