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criança

substantivo

full

child

noun

Definitions of child

English

a young person below the legal age of majority (=the age at which a person is considered to be an adult with the rights and duties of an adult)

He started paying child support .

English

someone's son or daughter

My only child is 28 and lives 1,000 miles away.