# leche
## English
### Noun

leche (plural leches)
* Archaic form of lechwe.

### Anagrams

* leceh, leech, chele, Elche, Leech

## Cebuano
### Noun

leche
* (dated) Alternative spelling of letse

### Interjection

leche
* (vulgar, offensive) Alternative spelling of letse

## Galician
### Verb

leche
* (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) second-person singular preterite indicative of ler

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* lech (as a noun)
* lecche, lache, lacche, lac, liche, leg, lage (in names)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛːt͡ʃ/, /lɛt͡ʃ/

#### Noun

leche (plural leches)
* an infusion
* a sluggish stream

##### Descendants

* English: leach, letch
* Yola: letch

##### References

* “lē̆ch(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old French lesche, laiche, leske.

#### Alternative forms

* leyche, leshe, leyshe, lese, leske
* lete, lette, lethe, lede

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /lɛt͡ʃ(ə)/

#### Noun

leche (plural leches)
* a strip, slice (cook)

##### References

* “lē̆che, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 3

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

#### Alternative forms

* lech, lecche, lache
* læce, læche, leache, liache (Early Middle English)

#### Noun

leche (plural leches)
* a physician or surgeon

##### Descendants

* English: leech (archaic)
* Yola: leech, leache

##### References

* “lẹ̄che, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 4

From Old English lēce, lǣce.

#### Alternative forms

* lech
* læce (Early Middle English)

#### Noun

leche (plural leches)
* a bloodsucking worm

##### Descendants

* English: leech

##### References

* “lẹ̄che, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin laetitia (“great joy; pleasure”).

### Noun

leche oblique singular, m (oblique plural leches, nominative singular leches, nominative plural leche)
* Alternative form of lïesce

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Noun

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

##### Derived terms

* (diminutive): lechita
* a toda leche
* ama de leche
* árbol de la leche
* arroz con leche
* azúcar de leche
* blanca y en botella, leche
* café con leche
* cagando leches
* cagarse en la leche
* capón de leche
* como la leche
* cuenta de leche
* de leche
* diente de leche
* dulce de leche
* en leche
* extractor de leche
* gota de leche
* hermano de leche
* la leche
* leche asada
* leche condensada
* leche de almendra
* leche de arroz
* leche de avellana
* leche de avena
* leche de canela
* leche de cáñamo
* leche de coco
* leche de gallina
* leche de los viejos
* leche de pájaro
* leche de soja
* leche de tierra
* leche de tigre
* leche desnatada
* leche en polvo
* leche entera
* leche fresca
* leche frita
* leche materna
* leche natural
* leche normal
* leche vegetal
* lechería f
* lechero
* madre de leche
* mala leche
* mar de leche
* mate de leche
* me cago en la leche
* mil leches
* ni qué leches
* perro de mil leches
* pez de leche
* qué leches
* rayo de leche
* sacaleche
* sacaleches
* sangre y leche
* suero de la leche

##### Related terms

* lactar
* lácteo
* lechar
* lechera
* lechero
* lechoso
* lechuga

##### Descendants

* → Cebuano: letse
* → Papiamentu: lechi
* → Paraujano: leechü
* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: lieche

#### Interjection

leche
* (vulgar, Philippines, Spain) shit

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

leche
* inflection of lechar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlet͡ʃe/ [ˈlɛː.t͡ʃɛ]
** IPA: (no yod coalescence) /ˈletse/ [ˈlɛt̪.sɛ]
* Rhymes: -et͡ʃe, (no yod coalescence) -etse
* Syllabification: le‧che

### Interjection

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)
* Alternative spelling of letse

### Adjective

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)
* Alternative spelling of letse

### Noun

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)
* Alternative spelling of letse