lactante
Spanish, noun/laɡˈtante/
lactante is spelled L-A-C-T-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lactante is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a baby, usually from one to twelve months old” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lactante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea baby, usually from one to twelve months old
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que lacta₃ (que mama); dícese del niño en el período de la primera infancia, esto es, ya nacido y con menos de un año. 2. Que lacta₁ (que amamanta). 3. Perteneciente o relacionado con la lactancia.
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 lactante
- lactantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lactante?
- /laɡˈtante/
- [laɣ̞ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
- [lakˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lactante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lactante in Spanish?
lactante appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).