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Old June 08, 2018, 10:23 AM
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Echando leches

¿Que significa las palabras "echando leches" en una frase como, "Salió a la casa corriendo, echando leches"?
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¿Qué significa las palabras "echando leches" en la frase como, "Salió a la casa corriendo, echando leches"?
La frase significa 'muy rápido'.
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"Echando leches"

Gracias.
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Old June 10, 2018, 04:16 PM
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Sí, como dice el DRAE:

echando leches

1. loc. adv. vulg. Muy deprisa.

http://dle.rae.es/?id=N2tsDWF

También:

a toda leche

1. loc. adv. vulg. A toda velocidad. Vino a toda leche.


Spain slang (velocidad)

iba a toda leche — I was going flat out informal

https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/tr...-english/leche
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