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infanta

UK/ɪnˈfantə/

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/ʔɪnˈfan̪.t̪ɐ/

infanta noun: the daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.

Noun

infanta (plural infantas)

  1. The daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.
    • It was a dispatch intended specifically to communicate a sense of closure to the Spanish monarchs, to show that England possessed a dynasty fit for an infanta of Spain.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 40

Proper noun capitalized: Infanta

Infanta

  1. A municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.

Forms of infanta

pluralinfantas

Origin of infanta

Borrowed from Spanish infanta, Portuguese infanta, feminine of infante.

Questions about infanta

What does infanta mean?
Infanta means the daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.
What part of speech is infanta?
Infanta can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce infanta?
Infanta is pronounced /ɪnˈfantə/ (UK).
What is the plural of infanta?
The plural of infanta is infantas.

Words near infanta in the dictionary

  1. infant schools
  2. infant seat
  3. infant seats
  4. infant star
  5. infant stars
  6. infanta
  7. Infantahin
  8. infantalize
  9. infantaricin
  10. infantaricins
  11. infantas

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