lechero
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin lactārius, corresponding to leche + -ero. Unrelated to English lecher/lecherous.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lechero (feminine lechera, masculine plural lecheros, feminine plural lecheras)
- milky (resembling milk)
- milk- (containing milk or related to milk)
- dairy (used to produce milk)
- cabra lechera, vaca lechera ― dairy goat, dairy cow
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Noun edit
lechero m (plural lecheros, feminine lechera, feminine plural lecheras)
- milkman (person who delivers milk)
- 1797, Don Ignacio Maria Ruiz de Luzuriaga, "Disertacion medica sobre el cólico de Madrid", Memorias de la Real Academia Médica de Madrid, vol. 1, Imprenta Real, page 259.
- Otra de las causas del cólico pueden ser los lecheros, mantequeros y queseros.
- Another cause of colic can be milkmen, buttermen, and cheesemongers.
- 1797, Don Ignacio Maria Ruiz de Luzuriaga, "Disertacion medica sobre el cólico de Madrid", Memorias de la Real Academia Médica de Madrid, vol. 1, Imprenta Real, page 259.
- milker (person who milks)
- Synonym: ordeñador
- (Mexico) milk coffee
- Synonym: café lechero
- milk can
Further reading edit
- “lechero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014