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Spanish translation: Hablar con doble sentido

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English term or phrase:	Speak with a forked tongue
Spanish translation:	Hablar con doble sentido
Entered by:	Paola Turakiewich Fantina

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20:12 Jun 14, 2011

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English term or phrase: Speak with a forked tongue

It's an idiom... Does it mean to say something with a doble sense? Saying something but with a different intention?

Thanks!

Paola Turakiewich Fantina KudoZ activity Questions: 103 (9 open) (2 without valid answers) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 26 Argentina
Local time: 01:01

Hablar con doble sentido

Explanation:
Es lo que pensas. Significa decir algo, pero en realidad querer decir tra cosa. Fijate el link.

Selected response from:

Priscilla Bianchi
Local time: 21:01

Grading comment

Thank you! Acá encontré otra definición:
"To say one thing and mean another, to lie, to be two-faced"

¡Gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

tiene una lengua viperina

eski

4 +1

hablar mentiras

José J. Martínez

Hablar con doble sentido

Priscilla Bianchi

hablar con lengua bífida

Eileen Banks

3 +1

hablar con segundas intenciones / hablar con malicia / ser falso

Cecilia Rey

hablar con lengua de serpiente o lengua venenosa

Javier Moreno-Pollarolo

Answers

3 mins confidence:

speak with a forked tongue

Hablar con doble sentido

Explanation:
Es lo que pensas. Significa decir algo, pero en realidad querer decir tra cosa. Fijate el link.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forked_tongue

Priscilla Bianchi
Local time: 21:01
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you! Acá encontré otra definición:
"To say one thing and mean another, to lie, to be two-faced"

¡Gracias!

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

speak with a forked tongue tiene una lengua viperina

Explanation:
Consider:

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Note added at 5 mins (2011-06-14 20:18:18 GMT)
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Si a diario te golpean en el colegio, Lengua Viperina tiene la solución a todos tus ... Lengua Viperina: LIttle Zangief o Cómo defenderse de los bullies ...
www.facebook.com/pages/Lengua-Viperina/337358613325 - En caché
Lengua Viperina
Se dice que lleva el veneno debajo de la lengua. De ahí la expresión que a menudo se oye: "Fulano de tal tiene una lengua viperina". ...
www.thehouseofblogs.com › Artículos › Religion - En caché

Saludos
eski :))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 23:01
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you very much for your help! However, I think that the phrase "hablar con doble sentido" is much better in the sense that's more easily understood than "viperina". =) Thank you all the same!

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

speak with a forked tongue hablar con segundas intenciones / hablar con malicia / ser falso

Explanation:
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/speak with a fo...

http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/diccionario/en-es/speak with a ...

Cecilia Rey
Argentina
Local time: 01:01
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

34 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

speak with a forked tongue hablar mentiras

Explanation:
De noño en USA me di cuenta al ir aprendiendo el inglés que en las series de TV de vaqueros e indios, se usaba esta frase cuando el jefe pluma blanca le decía a los del ejercito que le estaban mintiendo...eso significaba entonces...posiblemente el significado haya cambiado pero así lo entiendo yo.

José J. Martínez
Mexico
Local time: 21:01
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

49 mins confidence:

speak with a forked tongue hablar con lengua de serpiente o lengua venenosa

Explanation:
Esta frase la he oido en una canción llamada "Cuervo Ingenuo" de Javier Kraeh: "hombre blanco hablar con lengua de serpiente", en referencia al apoyo del PSOE a la OTAN durante los ochentas.

Javier Moreno-Pollarolo
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

4 hrs confidence:

speak with a forked tongue hablar con lengua bífida

Explanation:
This is what first came to my mind. - hablar con lengua bífida.

to give sb the rough side of one's tongue inf , to speak with a forked tongue, hablar con lengua bífida, Entrenador de vocabulario ...
es.pons.eu/ingles-espanol/tongue -

fork: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com - [ Traducir esta página ]... fork over entregar, pagar; fork up pagar algo sin ganas; have a forked tongue tener lengua bífida; speak with forked tongue hablar con lengua bífida ...
www.answers.com › Library › Technology

Eileen Banks
Argentina
Local time: 01:01
Native speaker of: Spanish

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