lactancia
Spanish
Etymology
From lactar (“to suckle”) + -ancia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɡˈtanθja/ [laɣ̞ˈt̪ãn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /laɡˈtansja/ [laɣ̞ˈt̪ãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: lac‧tan‧cia
Noun
lactancia f (uncountable)
- breastfeeding
- breastfeeding period
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “lactancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024