infancia
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]infancia
- alternative form of infancie
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin īnfāntia.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /inˈfanθja/ [ĩɱˈfãn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /inˈfansja/ [ĩɱˈfãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: in‧fan‧cia
Noun
[edit]infancia f (plural infancias)
- childhood (period of human development from birth until puberty)
- Synonym: niñez
- Pienso que la tranquilidad y seguridad que disfruté en mi infancia contribuyó a la formación de mi carácter.
- I think that the tranquility and security which I enjoyed in my childhood contributed to the formation of my character.
- (figurative) infancy
- Esta tecnología está en su infancia.
- This technology is in its infancy.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan (2011), Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “infancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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