infanta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish infanta, Portuguese infanta, feminine of infante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfantə/

Noun

infanta (plural infantas)

1. A daughter of a king in Spain and Portugal. [from 17th c.]
   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p, 40:

     It was a dispatch intended specifically to communicate a sense of closure to the Spanish monarchs, to show that England possessed a dynasty fit for an infanta of Spain.

Related terms

• infante

Translations

Spanish daughter of a king

• Italian: infante (it) f
• Khmer: អ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់ (km) (neak ong mjas)
• Polish: infantka (pl) f
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• Portuguese: infanta (pt) f
• Slovak: infantka f
• Spanish: infanta (es) f

Anagrams

• anti-fan

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iɱˈfan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱˈfan.ta]

Noun

infanta f (plural infantes)

1. infant, girl

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfan.ta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: in‧fàn‧ta

Verb

infanta

1. inflection of infantare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Portuguese

Etymology

Feminine of infante.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ

Noun

infanta f (plural infantas)

1. princess, infanta (the daughter of a king in Spain and Portugal)

Related terms

• infante

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Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of infante.

Noun

infanta f (plural infantas)

1. princess

Related terms

• infante