mala leche
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “bad milk”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmala ˈlet͡ʃe/ [ˌma.la ˈle.t͡ʃe]
- Syllabification: ma‧la le‧che
Noun
mala leche f (plural malas leches)
- (colloquial, Argentina, Spain) bad blood
- Synonym: mala sangre
See also
Further reading
- “mala leche”, 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
- “leche”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010