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infante

infant

noun een-FAHN-teh Rare

Origin: From Latin infans ('unable to speak'), same root as English 'infant'.

Also means

prince

Usage Note

Infante carries two distinct senses: in everyday and historical usage it means a young child or infant, but in Spanish royalty it is the formal title for a prince or princess who is not heir to the throne (infanta for a female). Context almost always makes the sense clear. The royal sense is capitalized (Infante).

Examples

"El infante jugaba en el jardín."

Natural Translation

The infant was playing in the garden.

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