deslenguar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- + lengua + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deslenˈɡwaɾ/ [d̪es.lẽŋˈɡwaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧len‧guar

Verb

deslenguar (first-person singular present deslenguo, first-person singular preterite deslengüé, past participle deslenguado)

  1. (transitive) to remove or cut out the tongue
  2. (reflexive) to speak brashly without education
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Judas Iscariote”, in El juguete rabioso:
      Nos deslenguábamos en reniegos contra esa chusma que no reconocía formalidades, ni compromisos de ningún género.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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