Polyglot Dictionary

infância

/ĩˈfɐ̃sjɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as infâncias

Meaning

  1. childhood

    • Na infância, brincava muito.

      In childhood I played a lot.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

meninice

meninice is more colloquial and childlike, and can carry a mildly negative "childish" connotation; infância is the neutral standard word — both mean "childhood."

Similar in other languages

German

Kindheit

Kindheit is the German word for the same thing — both mean "childhood."

Spanish

infancia

infancia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "childhood."

Spanish

niñez

niñez is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "childhood."

Practice

1 What does infância mean?

2 Fill the gap: Na ___, brincava muito.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches infância?

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