criança
Meaning
child (young person)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
cri‧an‧ça
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɾiˈɐ̃.sɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese criança. By surface analysis, criar (“to raise”) + -ança. Compare Spanish crianza and Medieval Latin creantia.
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