lingo
/ˈlɪŋɡəʊ/noun
उच्चारण लिंगो
(विदेशी) भाषा, बोली
Core word
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[C, usually sing.] informal
a foreign language
(विदेशी) भाषा, बोली
- It is hard to live abroad if you don't speak the lingo.
- When we visited the village, we needed a guide who spoke the local lingo.
- He picked up the local lingo within a few weeks.
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- The tourists found it hard to follow the lingo.
- I don't speak the lingo, so I used gestures.
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[C, usually sing.] informal
expressions used by a particular group of people
(किसी वर्ग की) ख़ास शब्दावली, बोली
- computer lingo
- She soon picked up the cricket lingo.
- Doctors use medical lingo that patients may not understand.
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- The students invented their own lingo.
- He explained the legal lingo in simple words.
Synonyms jargon slang vocabulary argot parlance
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lingo (informal noun)
Lingo is informal for a foreign language, or for the special words used by a group, such as doctors, gamers or lawyers. It is uncountable; plural 'lingos' is rare.
Lingo अनौपचारिक रूप से किसी विदेशी भाषा, या किसी समूह जैसे डॉक्टरों, गेमरों या वकीलों द्वारा प्रयुक्त विशेष शब्दों को कहते हैं। यह uncountable है; plural 'lingos' दुर्लभ है।
- I don't understand the legal lingo.
- She quickly picked up the local lingo.
speak / learn / pick up the lingo
Common verbs are speak, learn and pick up. 'Speak the lingo' means to use the same special words as the group.
सामान्य क्रियाएँ speak, learn और pick up हैं। 'Speak the lingo' का अर्थ समूह जैसी विशेष शब्दावली का प्रयोग करना है।
- When in Rome, learn the lingo.
- He speaks the lingo of the stock market.
noun + lingo
A group name is placed before lingo: tech lingo, medical lingo, teenage lingo.
समूह का नाम lingo से पहले आता है: tech lingo, medical lingo, teenage lingo।
- The manual is full of technical lingo.
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adjective + lingo
localtechnicalmedicallegalforeignmodern
- The doctors spoke in medical lingo.
verb + lingo
learnspeakpick upusemasterdecode
- She picked up the Mumbai lingo within weeks.
noun + lingo
techteengamingbusinesscricketsocial media
- He used business lingo in the meeting.
lingo + preposition
lingo ofin the lingoin plain lingothe lingo for
- In cricket lingo, a duck means zero runs.
lingo + situations
in office lingoin sports lingoin street lingoin army lingo
- In army lingo, a 'recce' means a reconnaissance.
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- Radhika found banking lingo difficult at first.
राधिका को शुरू में बैंकिंग की शब्दावली कठिन लगी।
- Tourists in Goa soon learn a few words of the local lingo.
गोवा में पर्यटक जल्दी ही स्थानीय बोली के कुछ शब्द सीख लेते हैं।
- Teenagers have their own lingo on social media.
किशोरों की सोशल मीडिया पर अपनी अलग बोली होती है।
- The contract was written in legal lingo that nobody understood.
अनुबंध कानूनी शब्दावली में लिखा था जिसे कोई समझ न सका।
- Please explain it without the technical lingo.
कृपया इसे तकनीकी शब्दजाल के बिना समझाइए।
- Radhika is learning the lingo of stock trading from her cousin.
राधिका अपने चचेरे भाई से शेयर बाज़ार की शब्दावली सीख रही है।
- The guide spoke to us in the local lingo.
गाइड ने हमसे स्थानीय बोली में बात की।
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These words name special language, with different formality.
ये शब्द विशेष भाषा के नाम हैं, पर औपचारिकता भिन्न है।
Special words used by a profession, often hard for others.
किसी पेशे के विशेष शब्द, जो दूसरों के लिए कठिन होते हैं।
- Legal jargon.
Very informal words used in casual speech.
आम बोलचाल में प्रयुक्त बहुत अनौपचारिक शब्द।
- Teen slang.