deslenguar

From des- +‎ lengua +‎ -ar.

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

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.

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• “deslenguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024