lonche
Spanish, noun/ˈlont͡ʃe/
lonche is spelled L-O-N-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lonche is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a light meal or snack taken at noon or in the afternoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of lonchar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comida ligera que se toma al mediodía o a media tarde”.
What does lonche mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinea light meal or snack taken at noon or in the afternoon
- 2
masculinetea (light meal with tea or coffee)
- 3
Mexicomasculinea sandwich on a roll, a torta
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Comida ligera que se toma al mediodía o a media tarde.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lonche
- lonches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lonche?
- /ˈlont͡ʃe/
- [ˈlõnʲ.t͡ʃe]
- [ˈlõnʲt͡ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lonche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lonche in Spanish?
lonche appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).