lengua viperina

Spanish

Etymology

Compare French langue de vipère.

Noun

lengua viperina f (plural lenguas viperinas)

1. (idiomatic) forked tongue

Further reading

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