infancia
Middle English edit
Noun edit
infancia
- Alternative form of infancie
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin īnfāntia.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /inˈfanθja/ [ĩɱˈfãn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /inˈfansja/ [ĩɱˈfãn.sja]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -anθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansja
- 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014