In a message dated 09/10/2004 10:26:39 AM EST, [log in to unmask] 
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<< Hi, this is Kika from Spain
 
 Sorry to come in so late on this thread, I´m a bit behind.
 
 To breastfeed: dar el pecho (to give the breast); dar la teta (to give the
 boob) is a bit too slang, many women not comfortable with it, more used in
 a rural, low class setting; dar de mamar (to suckle) is also used commonly.
 Amamantar is correct, but less used.
 
 Breastmilk: leche materna (maternal milk) or leche de madre (mothers milk).
 
 A feed: una toma (a take). Even though we use mamar (to suck) as a verb, we
 can NEVER say una mamada, that is equivalent to fellatio.
 
 When someone is always in a bad mood, or is a difficult person, we say s/he
 has mala leche (bad milk). >>

Kika,
Thanks for the info, it's fascinating ( and might even protect someone from 
unintentionally saying something quite offensive...:). I am curious, when 
someone is always in a bad mood, and you say they have "mala leche" does that mean 
a mom would make bad milk for a baby, or a person got bad milk from a mom, or 
what?
Pardon my ignorance, but I would love to know more, I guess what I mean is 
the "having" bad milk as in they have it/make it themselves, or they have it 
because they got bad milk? ( if that makes any sense)
Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, Brooklyn, USA

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