Etymology

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Today it means: A Mexican dish consisting of beef tongue used to make tacos. Full definition →

Spanish lengua
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromlengua“tongue”
  2. English todaylengua

Borrowed from Spanish lengua (“tongue”). Doublet of langue, lingua, and tongue.

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