leite
Portuguese, noun/ˈlej.t͡ʃi/
leite is spelled L-E-I-T-E (5 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,705th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leite is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of leitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “líquido branco segregado pelas glândulas mamárias, existentes nas fêmeas dos mamíferos”.
What does leite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemilk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)
Eu gosto de café com leite e açúcar.
- 2
masculinemilk (white liquid obtained from a vegetable source)
- 3
colloquialmasculinewhite sap expelled from some trees and green fruit when cut; latex
- 4
colloquialmasculinesemen, cum, jizz
Dá-me o teu leite.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. líquido branco segregado pelas glândulas mamárias, existentes nas fêmeas dos mamíferos 2. substância leitosa segregada por alguns vegetais e algumas árvores 3. esperma
noun: 1. sobrenome comum em português
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of leite
- leites plural
- leyte alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leite?
- Brazil /ˈlej.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [ˈleɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /ˈlɐj.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leite in Portuguese?
leite appears 56 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).