"la leche" meaning in Spanish

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Phrase

IPA: /la ˈlet͡ʃe/, [la ˈle.t͡ʃe]
Etymology: Literally, “the milk”, presumably referring to the mother's milk, similar to me cago en la leche. Etymology templates: {{m-g|the milk}} “the milk”, {{lit|the milk}} Literally, “the milk” Head templates: {{head|es|phrase}} la leche, {{term-label|es|Spain|idiomatic|colloquial}} (Spain, idiomatic, colloquial)
  1. amazing, very good Tags: Spain, colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-la_leche-es-phrase-~CtVCCUp Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Peninsular Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 0 5 Disambiguation of Peninsular Spanish: 93 0 6 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 90 1 9
  2. skillful, impressive Tags: Spain, colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-la_leche-es-phrase-3jFdsjmw
  3. wow (used to express surprise, amazement) Tags: Spain, colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-la_leche-es-phrase-l~uPbDil
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: me cago en la leche, qué leches
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        "1": "the milk"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "the milk"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “the milk”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “the milk”, presumably referring to the mother's milk, similar to me cago en la leche.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
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      },
      "expansion": "la leche",
      "name": "head"
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        "3": "idiomatic",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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    }
  ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 0 5",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 0 6",
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              13,
              20
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              16,
              24
            ]
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          "english": "This song is amazing.",
          "text": "Esta canción es la leche.",
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        }
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        "amazing, very good"
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              8,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "He's so impresssive.",
          "text": "Él es la leche.",
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              21,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Is this his house? Wow!",
          "text": "¿Y esta es su casa? ¡La leche!",
          "type": "example"
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    {
      "ipa": "/la ˈlet͡ʃe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[la ˈle.t͡ʃe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "la leche"
}
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    "Spanish colloquialisms",
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    "Spanish idioms",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish multiword terms",
    "Spanish phrases",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      },
      "expansion": "la leche",
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      "word": "me cago en la leche"
    },
    {
      "word": "qué leches"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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              13,
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          ],
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              16,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "This song is amazing.",
          "text": "Esta canción es la leche.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "amazing, very good"
      ],
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        [
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        ]
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            ]
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          "text": "Él es la leche.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "skillful, impressive"
      ],
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          "skillful",
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        ],
        [
          "impressive",
          "impressive"
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        "Spain",
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              21,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "Is this his house? Wow!",
          "text": "¿Y esta es su casa? ¡La leche!",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wow (used to express surprise, amazement)"
      ],
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          "wow",
          "wow"
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      "tags": [
        "Spain",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/la ˈlet͡ʃe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[la ˈle.t͡ʃe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "la leche"
}

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