Etymology

tiger's milk

Today it means: The sauce or marinade, made with lime juice and fish, in which ceviche is cured. Full definition →

Spanish leche de tigre
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  1. Spanish · calque ofleche de tigre
  2. English todaytiger's milk

Calque of Spanish leche de tigre

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