tongue

Inflections of 'tongue' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

Huvudsakliga översättningar
Engelska		Svenska
tongue n	(organ in mouth)	tunga s
	Rick bit into the juicy strawberry and felt the taste explode on his tongue.
	Rick bet i den saftiga jordgubben och kände smaken explodera på hans tunga.
tongue n	(as meat)	tunga s
	Patricia served tongue for lunch.
	Patricia serverade tunga till lunch.
tongue n	figurative (language)	språk s
	(ålderdomligt)	tungomål s
	Many people struggle when trying to master another tongue.
	Många människor kämpar när de försöker bemästra ett annat språk.

Ytterligare översättningar
Engelska		Svenska
tongue n	(strip inside top of shoe) (vardaglig)	tunga s
		plös s
	Jeremy put the shoe on his foot, straightened the tongue, then tied the laces.
tongue n	figurative (manner of speaking)	dialekt s
	(ålderdomligt)	tungomål s
		språk s
	Michelle always manages to say the right thing; she has a smooth tongue.
tongue n	(woodwork: part of joint)	sammanfogningsdel s
		föreningspunkt
	The tongue on this piece of wood slots into the groove on the other piece.
tongue [sth]⇒ vtr	(touch with the tongue)	röra ngt med tungan vbal uttr
		slicka vtr
	After the fight, the young man tongued his teeth, making sure they were all still there.
tongue [sb]⇒ vtr	slang (French kiss) (vardagligt)	hångla upp ngn vtr partikel oskj
		tungkyssa vtr
	Sarah found it hard to concentrate on the film, because of the two teenagers tonguing each other in the row in front of her.

Sammansatta former:
Engelska		Svenska
mother tongue, mother language n	(native language) (även bildlig)	modersmål s
		förstaspråk s
	Juan's mother tongue is Spanish.
roll off the tongue, trip off the tongue v expr	(be easy to pronounce) (bildlig)	rulla av tungan, rulla ifrån tungan vbal uttr
		vara lätt att uttala vbal uttr
tongue and groove n	(woodwork: type of slot joint) (snickeri, konstruktion)	spont och not, spånt och nåt s
	The woodwork teacher showed the students how to do a tongue and groove.
tongue-in-cheek adj	figurative (intended ironically)	sarkastisk adj
		ironisk adj
	(bildlig)	med glimten i ögat uttr
	He always enjoyed her teasing, tongue-in-cheek comments.
	Though his remark was tongue in cheek, it still hurt.
tongue in cheek, with tongue in cheek expr	figurative (ironically)	ironiskt adv
		retsamt adv
	I didn't mean to upset you; I made those comments tongue in cheek.
tongue twister, tongue-twister n	(hard-to-pronounce phrase)	tungvrickare s
	Tongue twisters can be a useful way of improving your pronunciation.
tongue-tied adj	figurative (unable to speak)	mållös adj
		stum, förstummad adj
		tystlåten adj
	Sometimes I get tongue-tied around new people.
tongue-tied adj	(with congenital tongue condition)	som har tunghäfta adj
	When I was born I was tongue-tied and needed an operation.

Kollokationer: stuck his tongue out at, watch your tongue!, [clicked, clucked] his tongue, mer...

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