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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “the milk”, presumably referring to the mother's milk, similar to me cago en la leche.
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Phrase
la leche (Spain, idiomatic, colloquial)
- for something to be amazing, very good
- Esta canción es la leche. ― This song is amazing.
- for someone to be skillful or impressive
- Él es la leche. ― He's so impresssive.
- wow (used to express surprise, amazement)
- ¿Y esta es su casa? ¡La leche! ― Is this his house? Wow!
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