lactancia
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom lactar (“to suckle”) + -ancia.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /laɡˈtanθja/ [laɣ̞ˈt̪ãn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /laɡˈtansja/ [laɣ̞ˈt̪ãn.sja]
- Rhymes: -anθja
- Rhymes: -ansja
- Syllabification: lac‧tan‧cia
Noun
editlactancia f (uncountable)
- breastfeeding
- breastfeeding period
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “lactancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014