language

the system of communication used by humans, consisting of words and the way in which they are combined to form sentences

lengua, idioma, lengua materna

• the language of a country or group of people

Collocations language barrier · mother tongue

• English is the official language of many countries.

  El inglés es el idioma oficial de muchos países.

the way in which a particular person or group uses words, especially when this is different from other people's use of language

lenguaje, estilo de hablar

• a person's language

Collocations body language · slang language

• Her body language was very expressive.

  Su lenguaje corporal era muy expresivo.

the study of languages, especially the grammar and structure of a language

estudios de lengua, lingüística

• language studies

Collocations foreign languages · classical languages

• She is majoring in language studies.

  Ella se está especializando en estudios de lengua.

a system used by computers to communicate with each other or with people, such as a programming language or markup language

lenguaje de programación, lenguaje de marcado

• a computer language

Collocations programming language · markup language

• HTML is a markup language used to create web pages.

  El HTML es un lenguaje de marcado utilizado para crear páginas web.