lactancia
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lactar (“to suckle”) + -ancia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /laɡˈtanθja/ [laɣ̞ˈt̪ãn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /laɡˈtansja/ [laɣ̞ˈt̪ãn.sja]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -anθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansja
- Syllabification: lac‧tan‧cia
Noun
[edit]lactancia f (uncountable)
- breastfeeding
- breastfeeding period
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lactancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014