childhood in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for childhood in the English»Spanish Dictionary

childhood [Am ˈtʃaɪldˌhʊd, Brit ˈtʃʌɪldhʊd] N U or C

childhood

niñez f

childhood

infancia f

to be in one's second childhood

estar en la segunda infancia

second childhood N

second childhood

segunda infancia f

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a complex-ridden childhood

una niñez llena de complejos

he's very unsentimental about his childhood

habla de su infancia sin sentimentalismos

she married her childhood sweetheart

se casó con el amor de su niñez

Translations for childhood in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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enfermedad infantil

childhood disease

primera infancia

early childhood

segunda niñez

second childhood

niñez

childhood

los recuerdos de su niñez

his childhood memories

a menudo la vejez es una vuelta a la niñez

old age is often like a second childhood

infancia

childhood

el pobre está en su segunda infancia

the poor man is in his second childhood

la vuelta a la infancia

the return to childhood o infancy

childhood in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for childhood in the English»Spanish Dictionary

childhood N no pl

childhood

infancia f

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blissful childhood

feliz

to be haunted by memories of an unhappy childhood

perseguir (a alguien) los recuerdos de una infancia infeliz

Translations for childhood in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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infancia

childhood

enfermedades de la infancia

childhood illnesses

niñez

childhood

edad pueril

childhood

pasé mi infancia en ultramar

I spent my childhood in foreign parts [or overseas]

en mi más tierna niñez

in early childhood

estuvimos toda la tarde evocando nuestra niñez

we spent the whole afternoon remembering our childhood

somos (muy) amigos desde la infancia

we've been close friends since our childhood

childhood Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be haunted by memories of an unhappy childhood

perseguir (a alguien) los recuerdos de una infancia infeliz

from his childhood

desde su infancia

I spent my childhood in foreign parts [or overseas]

pasé mi infancia en ultramar

we've been close friends since our childhood

somos (muy) amigos desde la infancia

we spent the whole afternoon remembering our childhood

estuvimos toda la tarde evocando nuestra niñez

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He showed great acuteness of mind in early childhood, had a phenomenal memory, and was an indefatigable student.

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They called it puppy love and said it would never last -- but for many childhood sweethearts from the 1960s it did.

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Bishop's childhood was the peripatetic life of a military brat.

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A gifted athlete from childhood, she excelled in swimming (specifically, in the breast stroke), basketball, soccer, and track.

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During her childhood by her parents (here her mother) and by her husband and in-laws after her marriage.

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She is considered to be an expert on sleep and circadian rhythms during childhood and adolescence along with issues related to daytime sleepiness.

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Childhood poverty and ill health, aggravated by a bout of rickets, had left him with badly stunted legs.

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He had a violent and troubled childhood under a domineering, alcoholic father.

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Ignorance, ill health, personality disorder--these are disabilities often contracted in childhood: afflictions which linger to cripple the man and damage the next generation.

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They also experience peer rejection as they move through the middle childhood years.

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