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leche

milk

Surface form · la leche

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Noun

  1. 1

    (beverage) milk

    Me gusta el café con leche.

    I like coffee with milk.
  2. 2

    (colloquial, misfortune) bad luck

    Tuve mala leche y perdí el autobús.

    I had bad luck and missed the bus.
  3. 3

    (colloquial, intensity) force

    El coche iba a toda leche por la carretera.

    The car was going at full speed down the road.

1(beverage)milk

Me gusta el café con leche.

I like coffee with milk.

¿Bebes leche todas las mañanas?

Do you drink milk every morning?

El bebé necesita un biberón de leche.

The baby needs a bottle of milk.

Bebo leche con café.

I drink milk with coffee.

2(colloquial, misfortune)bad luck

Tuve mala leche y perdí el autobús.

I had bad luck and missed the bus.

¡Qué mala leche, empezó a llover!

What bad luck, it started raining!

Él siempre tiene mala leche en los juegos.

He always has bad luck in games.

¡Qué leche! Perdí el autobús.

What bad luck! I missed the bus.

3(colloquial, intensity)force

El coche iba a toda leche por la carretera.

The car was going at full speed down the road.

Corrió a toda leche para alcanzar el tren.

He ran at full speed to catch the train.

La música sonaba a toda leche.

The music was playing at full blast.

Corrió a toda leche.

He ran at full force/speed.
Un vaso de leche.

A glass of milk.

Café con leche.

Coffee with milk / Latte.

Leche fría.

Cold milk.

Noun

Forms

plural

leches

singular

leche