mala leche

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “bad milk”.

Noun

mala leche f (plural malas leches)

1. (colloquial, Argentina, Spain) bad blood

See also

• estar de mala uva

Further reading

• “mala 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
• “mala leche”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010