MEXICAN SPANISH → ENGLISH

¿Lleva leche?

Does it contain milk?

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MEANING & CONTEXT

The words, and when to use them

“¿Lleva leche?” means “Does it contain milk?” in Mexican Spanish.

Situation: Food Allergies and Ingredients

Register: Neutral. Gender form: neutral.

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Food Allergies and Ingredients Food and Eating Together Health and Getting Help Food and Dining

Difficulty

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Beginner

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Usefulness

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High

Conversation builder

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Yes

Situation specific

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Yes

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Why this difficulty rating?

Length 3 points: 2 spoken Spanish words.
Vocabulary 2 points: Editorial estimate based on vocabulary needed for the situation.
Grammar 8 points: Editorial estimate based on the sentence pattern, verb forms and pronouns.
Idiom 0 points: Meaning is direct in the named situation.
Reuse -2 points: 1 vocabulary families appear in at least four earlier cards.

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Does it have peanuts?¿Lleva cacahuates?
“¿Lleva cacahuates?” means “Does it have peanuts?” in Mexican Spanish. Use lleva to ask what a dish contains. Cacahuates is the usual Mexican Spanish word for peanuts.
BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Does it have wheat?¿Lleva trigo?
“¿Lleva trigo?” means “Does it have wheat?” in Mexican Spanish.
BeginnerEssentialEnglish first →Spanish first →
Does it contain eggs?¿Lleva huevo?
“¿Lleva huevo?” means “Does it contain eggs?” in Mexican Spanish.
BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Does it contain shrimp?¿Lleva camarón?
“¿Lleva camarón?” means “Does it contain shrimp?” in Mexican Spanish.
BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
Does it have nuts?¿Lleva nueces?
“¿Lleva nueces?” means “Does it have nuts?” in Mexican Spanish. Use nueces for walnuts or nuts depending on context. Name the specific nut when you need to be precise.
BeginnerHighEnglish first →Spanish first →
What’s in the sauce?¿Qué lleva la salsa?
“¿Qué lleva la salsa?” means “What’s in the sauce?” in Mexican Spanish.
EasyHighEnglish first →Spanish first →

Technical Specs

Formality and register

How a phrase addresses someone: Neutral, Familiar (tú), or Formal (usted). Politeness also depends on wording and context; tú can be polite.

Neutral

Conversation role

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Situations

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Food Allergies and Ingredients

Gender forms

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neutral

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Not recorded

Learning collections

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Core

Vocabulary families

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llevar leche

Vocabulary familiarity

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Everyday

Reusability

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Coverage gap value

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Ambiguity risk

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Confusion risk

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Spanish word count

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1–3

Usefulness score

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Difficulty score

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11–20

Vocabulary contribution

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Review dates

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2026-11-11

Editorial quality

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Reviewed for Spanish (Mexico)

Source batches

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Not recorded

Review methods

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Editorial estimate for Mexican Spanish using phrase length, vocabulary, structure and context.

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Introductory speakers

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Not recorded

Length difficulty factor