Palabra Lexi · common words in Spanish
How to say "milk" in Spanish
"Milk" in Spanish is leche, pronounced LEH-cheh (stress on the syllable in capitals). It is a feminine noun (la leche, plural las leches).
| Spanish | leche |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | LEH-cheh |
| Meaning | milk |
| Gender | feminine: la leche |
| Plural | las leches |
| Frequency | #19 in the Palabra list of common Spanish words |
Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
How to pronounce leche
Leche is pronounced LEH-cheh, in IPA /ˈlet͡ʃe/. Leche has two syllables, LEH-cheh, with the stress on the first. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.
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Is leche masculine or feminine?
Leche is feminine, so it takes la (the) and una (a): la leche. The plural is las leches. The ending does not tell you the gender here, so learn the word together with its article: la leche.
Example sentences
Café con leche, por favor.
Coffee with milk, please.
Quiero café sin leche.
I want coffee without milk.
Leche fría
cold milk
"Milk" in Spain and Latin America
Useful phrases
- café con leche
coffee with milk - leche entera / desnatada (Spain), descremada (Latin America)
whole / skimmed milk
Regional words and roots: Diccionario de la lengua española (RAE). Spanish varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.
How to remember leche
leche [LEH-cheh] sounds like the English “lecture”. Picture this:
The professor spills milk mid-lecture; a white river runs down the amphitheater steps.
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Practice leche
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