lactancia

Spanish

Etymology

From lactar (“to suckle”) +‎ -ancia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /laɡˈtanθja/ [laɣ̞ˈt̪ãn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /laɡˈtansja/ [laɣ̞ˈt̪ãn.sja]
• Rhymes: -anθja
• Rhymes: -ansja
• Syllabification: lac‧tan‧cia

Noun

lactancia f (uncountable)

1. breastfeeding
2. breastfeeding period

Derived terms

• permiso de lactancia

 

Related terms

• lactante

 

Further reading

• “lactancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28