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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