niñez

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish niño

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

blend

Latin -itiēs

Spanish -ez

Spanish niñez

From niño + -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈɲeθ/ [niˈɲeθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /niˈɲes/ [niˈɲes] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ni‧ñez

Noun

niñez f (plural niñeces)

1. childhood

   Synonym: infancia

Further reading

• “niñez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025