"luengas..."

Question

Here's an interesting one I never knew. I was translating a literary piece and stumbled upon the word for, I think, the first time. At first glance I thought it was lenguas=tongues.

Here's the quote:

Las barbazas grises le caían luengas sobre el pecho y el cabello grasiento, sudoroso, le brotaba por debajo del gorro de tafilete, en la nuca.

I translated it as :

"Grey strands of beard fell to his chest and his sweaty greasy hair flowed from beneath his moroccan leather hat to the nape of his neck."

So, a new, (to me) word luenga means "long" so luengas must mean "lengths".

Just thought I'd share that

Answer 1

Luenga is Aragonese for tongue or language.

How interesting. It does mean "long" usually though, doesn't it? - lagartijaverde, Dec 3, 2010

Yes, long is the R A E definition. - lorenzo9, Dec 3, 2010