How to Say "Dairy Farm" in Spanish

granja lechera

/ɡɾanxa let͡ʃeɾa/from spelling rules

granja lechera is the Spanish term for dairy farm.

The phrase refers to a place where dairy farming takes place.

Meaning: place where dairy farming takes place (noun)

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of granja (farm) and lechera (dairy/milk-related).

explotación lechera is often used instead of granja lechera in technical or agricultural contexts.

/ɡɾanxa letʃeɾa/

In Spain, the word lechera is a slang term for a police van. This is because the early police vans were the same models used for milk delivery.
The suffix '-era' in lechera is a common way in Spanish to turn a noun into a word that describes a person or thing associated with that substance.

La granja lechera produce leche de alta calidad.
The dairy farm produces high-quality milk.
Ellos viven y trabajan en una estancia lechera.
They live and work on a dairy farm.
Vamos a visitar la finca lechera de mi tío.
Let's visit my uncle's dairy farm.
Él trabaja en una granja lechera.
He works on a dairy farm.
Esa granja lechera produce mucha leche.
That dairy farm produces a lot of milk.
Visitaremos la granja lechera mañana.
We will visit the dairy farm tomorrow.

Javier and Lucía are talking about their weekend plans.

Javier

Mañana voy a visitar una granja lechera.
Tomorrow I am going to visit a dairy farm.
Lucía

¡Qué bien! ¿Dónde está la granja lechera?
How great! Where is the dairy farm?
Javier

Está en un pueblo pequeño cerca de aquí.
It is in a small town near here.
Lucía

Me gustaría ir contigo, Javier.
I would like to go with you, Javier.

Sources

IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries granja, lechera, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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