lechera
See also: léchera
Spanish
Etymology
- From Latin lactārius, corresponding to leche + -era.
- (police van): Because the first vans used by the Spanish police in the 1970s were also identical models to those used for delivering milk. Another reason is that the riot police officers came out of the vans distributing leches (“bumps, blows, smacks”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
lechera
Noun
lechera f (plural lecheras)
- female equivalent of lechero; milkmaid
- 1928, Martín Adán (Rafael de la Fuente Benavides), La casa de cartón.
- El pregón de una lechera cayó, inesperado, en medio del cuarto y, al cabo de un minuto, las seis campanadas de las seis de la mañana.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1928, Martín Adán (Rafael de la Fuente Benavides), La casa de cartón.
- milk churn
- 1987, Trevor I. Williams, Historia de la tecnología. Desde 1900 hasta 1950 (II), vol. 5, tr. by Juan C. Navascués Howard, Siglo XXI Editores, pages 298 and 299.
- La leche era transportada en lecheras de hojalata y entregada a domicilio en lecheras más pequeñas.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1987, Trevor I. Williams, Historia de la tecnología. Desde 1900 hasta 1950 (II), vol. 5, tr. by Juan C. Navascués Howard, Siglo XXI Editores, pages 298 and 299.
- milk can
- milk jug
- (Spain, colloquial) anti-riot police van
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “lechera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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