war baby

• Persona nacida durante un período de guerra, especialmente la Segunda Guerra Mundial, término que a menudo designa a una generación moldeada por las condiciones de la guerra.

A person born during a period of war, especially World War II, often used to describe a generation shaped by wartime conditions.

1. Child born during wartimeB2formal

   A child born during a period of war, often implying the father was a soldier or the birth occurred under wartime conditions.

   bebé de guerra

   • Many war babies grew up in difficult economic times.
   • She was a war baby, born in 1944.
   • The documentary focused on the lives of war babies in Europe.

2. Product of wartimeC1informal

   Something that originates or is created as a direct result of war.

   hijo de la guerra

   • The internet was a war baby, developed from military research.
   • Many technologies are war babies, born from necessity.
   • This economic policy is a war baby of the 1940s.