secaleche

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of seca (“to dry”) +‎ leche (“milk”), because a woman will not lactate after breastfeeding her last son.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sekaˈlet͡ʃe/ [se.kaˈle.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -etʃe
• Syllabification: se‧ca‧le‧che

Noun

secaleche m or f by sense (plural secaleches)

1. (El Salvador, Honduras) the last child to be born to a parent or couple

   Antonym: primogénito

Further reading

• “secaleche”, 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