infância

See also: infancia and infància

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnfantia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ĩˈfɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ĩˈfɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfɐ̃.si.a/ [ĩˈfɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈfɐ̃.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ/

• Hyphenation: in‧fân‧ci‧a

Noun

infância f (plural infâncias)

1. infancy
2. childhood

Derived terms

• jardim de infância

 

Related terms

• infante

 

Further reading

• “infância”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “infância”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024