See also: leché, léché, lèche, and -leche

English

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Noun

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leche (plural leches)

  1. Archaic form of lechwe.

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Cebuano

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Noun

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leche

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of letse

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leche

  1. (vulgar, offensive) Alternative spelling of letse

Galician

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leche

  1. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) second-person singular preterite indicative of ler

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Probably from Old English *læc, *lec, compare leccan (to wet, moisten).

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  • IPA(key): /lɛːt͡ʃ/, /lɛt͡ʃ/

Noun

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leche (plural leches)

  1. an infusion
  2. a sluggish stream
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  • English: leach, letch
  • Yola: letch
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Etymology 2

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From Old French lesche, laiche, leske.

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  • IPA(key): /lɛːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /lɛt͡ʃ(ə)/

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leche (plural leches)

  1. a strip, slice (cook)
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Etymology 3

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From Old English lēce, lǣce, from Proto-West Germanic *lākī.

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leche (plural leches)

  1. a physician or surgeon
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Etymology 4

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From Old English lēce, lǣce.

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leche (plural leches)

  1. a bloodsucking worm
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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin laetitia (great joy; pleasure).

Noun

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leche oblique singularm (oblique plural leches, nominative singular leches, nominative plural leche)

  1. Alternative form of lïesce

Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/ [ˈle.t͡ʃe]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -etʃe
  • Syllabification: le‧che

Etymology 1

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Leche

Inherited from Old Spanish leche, from an earlier *leite < *laite, from Late Latin lactem m or f, from Latin lac n, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Galician and Portuguese leite m and French lait m.

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leche f (plural leches)

  1. (food) milk
    Prefiero el café con leche y azúcar.
    I prefer coffee with milk and sugar.
  2. (slang, vulgar) cum, semen
    Synonym: esperma
    Había leche en sus pantalones.
    There was cum on his pants.
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Interjection

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leche

  1. (vulgar, Philippines, Spain) shit

Etymology 2

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Verb

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leche

  1. inflection of lechar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Tagalog

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leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. Alternative spelling of letse

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leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. Alternative spelling of letse

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leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. Alternative spelling of letse