infancia

== Middle English == === Noun === infancia alternative form of infancie == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfāntia. === Pronunciation === 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 === infancia f (plural infancias) childhood (period of human development from birth until puberty) Synonym: niñez (figurative) infancy ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “infancia”, 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