infancia
Spanish, noun/inˈfanθja/
infancia is spelled I-N-F-A-N-C-I-A (8 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,709th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infancia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “childhood (period of human development from birth until puberty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Etapa de la vida previa a la madurez física”.
What does infancia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechildhood (period of human development from birth until puberty)
Pienso que la tranquilidad y seguridad que disfruté en mi infancia contribuyó a la formación de mi carácter.
- 2
feminineinfancy
Esta tecnología está en su infancia.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Etapa de la vida previa a la madurez física 2. Por extensión, etapa inicial de algún proceso o desarrollo 3. Conjunto de personas en su infancia₁
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of infancia
- infancias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infancia?
- /inˈfanθja/
- [ĩɱˈfãn̟.θja]
- /inˈfansja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is infancia in Spanish?
infancia appears 31 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).