la leche

1.
SpainLatin Americaneutral
- The white liquid produced by mammals and consumed as a food or drink; milk as a dairy product.
- Milk used as an ingredient in beverages and foodstuffs.
2.
SpainLatin Americaneutral
- Breast milk; the milk produced by a human mother for infant feeding.
3.
SpainLatin Americaneutralformal
- Milk considered as a commercial commodity or as part of the dairy trade, industry, or supply (e.g., milk as an item on a bill, product of a milk business).
4.
SpainLatin Americaliteraryfigurative
- Figurative source of nourishment or sustenance; that which nurtures, supports, or provides essential benefit (e.g., the nurturing or affectionate support that sustains someone).
5.
Spaincolloquialinformal
- Colloquial exclamation or intensifier expressing surprise, emphasis, admiration, annoyance, or intensity; roughly equivalent to 'a lot', 'really', or an emphatic 'damn'.

Examples:

ES: Voy a buscarte la leche.
EN: Now I'll go fetch you the milk.
ES: ¡He degustado la leche de los afectos humanos - y esto es más que Amargo!
EN: "I have tashted the milk of human kindnesh - an' it's a lot of Fermillac!"
ES: ¡Te sacaré la leche materna!
EN: I'll take the mother's milk out of you!
ES: Bueno, empezó una dieta de suero de la leche.
EN: Well, he went on a buttermilk diet.
ES: Tendría que ir tirando del carro de la leche.
EN: Heh, why, she should be pulling a milk wagon.
ES: Debes cuidar que los patios están limpios... y la leche fresca y la carne pura.
EN: You gotta see that the backyards are tidy. and the milk's fresh. and the meat's pure.
ES: - ¿Qué cosa? Puse tinta negra en la leche blanca y la leche se volvió negra.
EN: I put some black ink in the white milk... and the white milk turned black.
EN: I put some black ink in the white milk... and the white milk turned black.
ES: - No puedo separar ya la leche del café.
EN: But I can't separate the milk from the coffee.
ES: Venga, ¿dónde está la leche?
EN: Well, come on. Where's the milk?
ES: Aumentan nuestros alquileres, suben los precios de todo, desde las verduras que comemos, hasta la leche que beben nuestros hijos.
EN: Raising our rents. Increasing the price of everything, from the vegetables we eat to the milk our children drink.
ES: Si puede vencerme en el negocio de la leche eso hará que los demás tengan el valor de atacarme y expulsarme del negocio.
EN: If you can beat me in the milk racket .. That'll give the others courage to attack me and put me out of business.
ES: Ellos reducirán entonces el precio de la leche.
EN: They will then reduce the price of milk.
ES: A menos que pueda convencerle para que suspenda esta guerra de la leche, se la llevarán.
EN: Unless I can prevail upon you to call off this milk war she'll be taken away.
ES: Conspirando y luchando para quitarle la leche a los bebés.
EN: Scheming and fighting to take milk away from babies.
ES: Le ordeno que suspenda esta guerra de la leche.
EN: I'm ordering you to call off this milk war.
ES: La factura del alquiler y de la leche están pagadas.
EN: The rent and milk Bill are paid.
ES: "El cobrador de la leche" dijo ella.
EN: 'He's the milk collector', says she.
ES: Yo decir antes no robar la leche.
EN: I tellum you before not to steal my milk.
ES: ¿Por qué mi gente no se queda con la casa, el huerto o la leche?
EN: Why don't my folks keep up their house? Why don't they have a garden? Why haven't they got milk for their children?
ES: Coge la leche.
EN: Get the milk.

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