"La lengua"

Translation: The tongue

[FramingNoise]

What is the difference between lengua and lenguaje?

[ahh_bueno]

Lengua means tongue but it also means language in some cases.

Lenguaje could be translated as language but i think its most accurate translation is speech.

Idioma is the best Spanish word for language. (not to be confused with "idiom" which is translated as "modismo")

Examples:

Enseñame la lengua = Show me the tongue

Habla cuatro lenguas = He/She speaks four languages

Tienes que mejorar tu lenguaje = You have to improve your speech

Habla cuatro idiomas = He/She speaks four languages

[reissecup]

"Show me the tongue" That's a funny sentence.

[RandomCanadian12]

is it "enseñame" and not "muestrame"?

[ahh_bueno]

Both of them would be correct. Enséñame la lengua = Muéstrame la lengua.

[PunkJesus]

lengua = tongue, language
lenguaje = language
idioma = language

[EpicPowerHero]

Dang! English's weird spellings strikes again...

[HarpoChico]

Mi lengua es inglés...

[ScotRobert1]

Tongue/ language both correct,more so tongue in a medical sense.

[Kronye]

So can this be used the same way we say 'mother tongue' meaning native language?

[RyagonIV]

Yes, precisely. "Mother tongue" is "lengua materna".

[IainWhite1]

It's not accepting 'the tounge' as correct.

[RyagonIV]

You have to shift the 'u' somewhat to the end: "tongue"

[riley2468168]

Am I the only one who thinks of hollowgasts when I hear this?

[martind611973]

Deconstruct hollowgasts until the rooster laws in florida come home darlin.

[Oriana_Brown]

It told me that La lengua was tounge but then its wrong

[EmuLampen]

If you spelled tongue like you did in the post, that's probably why. The u is too far away from where it should be for it to be recognized as a typo.