mamar

Asturian

Verb

mamar (first-person singular indicative present mamo, past participle mamáu)

1. to suckle (milk from a mother's breast)

   Synonym: zucar

2. to learn something while growing up (a child)
3. (reflexive) to get drunk

   Synonym: enfilar

4. (transitive) to get hit, to receive a beating

Conjugation

Conjugation of mamar

infinitive		mamar
gerund		mamando
past participle		m mamáu, f mamada, n mamao, m pl mamaos, f pl mamaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	mamo	mames	mama	mamamos	mamáis	mamen
	imperfect	mamaba	mamabes	mamaba	mamábemos, mamábamos	mamabeis, mamabais	mamaben
	preterite	mamé	mamasti, mamesti	mamó	mamemos	mamastis, mamestis	mamaron
	pluperfect	mamare, mamara	mamares, mamaras	mamare, mamara	mamáremos, mamáramos	mamareis, mamarais	mamaren, mamaran
	future	mamaré	mamarás	mamará	mamaremos	mamaréis	mamarán
	conditional	mamaría	mamaríes	mamaría	mamaríemos, mamaríamos	mamaríeis, mamaríais	mamaríen
subjunctive	present	mame	mames, mamas	mame	mamemos	maméis	mamen, maman
	imperfect	mamare, mamara	mamares, mamaras	mamare, mamara	mamáremos, mamáramos	mamareis, mamarais	mamaren, mamaran
imperative		—	mama	—	—	mamái	—

Derived terms

• la lleche que mamasti
• mamales
• mamar el deu

References

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “mamar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “mamar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [məˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈmaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [maˈma]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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Verb

mamar (first-person singular present mamo, first-person singular preterite mamí, past participle mamat)

1. to suckle

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of mamar (first conjugation)

infinitive			mamar
gerund			mamant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mamat		mamada
		plural		mamats		mamades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mamo	mames	mama	mamem	mameu	mamen
	imperfect	mamava	mamaves	mamava	mamàvem	mamàveu	mamaven
	future	mamaré	mamaràs	mamarà	mamarem	mamareu	mamaran
	preterite	mamí	mamares	mamà	mamàrem	mamàreu	mamaren
	conditional	mamaria	mamaries	mamaria	mamaríem	mamaríeu	mamarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mami	mamis	mami	mamem	mameu	mamin
	imperfect	mamés	mamessis	mamés	maméssim	maméssiu	mamessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	mama	mami	mamem	mameu	mamin
	negative (no)	—	no mamis	no mami	no mamem	no mameu	no mamin

Further reading

• “mamar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mamar, from Late Latin mammō, from Latin mamma (“breast”) + -ō. By surface analysis, mama +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈmaɾ/ [mãˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ma‧mar

Verb

mamar (first-person singular present mamo, first-person singular preterite mamei, past participle mamado)

1. to suckle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mamar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mamar
Personal	mamar	mamares	mamar	mamarmos	mamardes	mamaren
Gerund
	mamando
Past participle
Masculine	mamado			mamados
Feminine	mamada			mamadas
Indicative
Present	mamo	mamas	mama	mamamos	mamades	maman
Imperfect	mamaba	mamabas	mamaba	mamabamos	mamabades	mamaban
Preterite	mamei	mamaches	mamou	mamamos	mamastes	mamaron
Pluperfect	mamara	mamaras	mamara	mamaramos	mamarades	mamaran
Future	mamarei	mamarás	mamará	mamaremos	mamaredes	mamarán
Conditional	mamaría	mamarías	mamaría	mamariamos	mamariades	mamarían
Subjunctive
Present	mame	mames	mame	mamemos	mamedes	mamen
Imperfect	mamase	mamases	mamase	mamásemos	mamásedes	mamasen
Future	mamar	mamares	mamar	mamarmos	mamardes	mamaren
Imperative
Affirmative		mama	mame	mamemos	mamade	mamen
Negative (non)		non mames	non mame	non mamemos	non mamedes	non mamen

    Reintegrated conjugation of mamar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mamar
Personal	mamar	mamares	mamar	mamarmos	mamardes	mamarem
Gerund
	mamando
Past participle
Masculine	mamado			mamados
Feminine	mamada			mamadas
Indicative
Present	mamo	mamas	mama	mamamos	mamades, mamais	mamam
Imperfect	mamava	mamavas	mamava	mamávamos	mamávades, mamáveis, mamávais1	mamavam
Preterite	mamei	mamaste, mamache1	mamou	mamamos	mamastes	mamárom, mamaram
Pluperfect	mamara	mamaras	mamara	mamáramos	mamárades, mamáreis, mamárais1	mamaram
Future	mamarei	mamarás	mamará	mamaremos	mamaredes, mamareis	mamarám, mamarão
Conditional	mamaria	mamarias	mamaria	mamaríamos	mamaríades, mamaríeis, mamaríais1	mamariam
Subjunctive
Present	mame	mames	mame	mamemos	mamedes, mameis	mamem
Imperfect	mamasse	mamasses	mamasse	mamássemos	mamássedes, mamásseis	mamassem
Future	mamar	mamares	mamar	mamarmos	mamardes	mamarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mama	mame	mamemos	mamade, mamai	mamem
Negative (nom)		nom mames	nom mame	nom mamemos	nom mamedes, nom mameis	nom mamem

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “mamar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “mamar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin mammō, from Latin mamma (“breast”) + -ō.

Verb

mamar

1. to suckle (to suck milk from a nursing mother)
   • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, chapter 220, in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], Kingdom of Galicia, translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (in Old French), →OCLC, manuscript MSS/10233, page 92v:

     Et ao maỹs peq̃no chamauã aternates, ⁊ era moço peq̃no de tr̃s años q̃ aỹnda mamaua.

     And the youngest one they called Astyanax(?), and he was a little three-year-old boy that still suckled.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mamar

infinitive				mamar
gerund		simple		mamando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		mamado		mamados
		feminine		mamada		mamadas
present participle				mamante		mamantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	mamo	mamas	mama	mamamos	mamades, mamaes, mamais, mamaas, mamás	maman
	imperfect	mamava	mamavas	mamava	mamavamos, mamávamos	mamavades, mamávades, mamávaes, mamávais, mamávees, mamáveis	mamavan
	preterite	mamei	mamaste, mamasche, mamache	mamou	mamamos	mamastes	mamaron
	pluperfect	mamara	mamaras	mamara	mamaramos, mamáramos	mamarades, mamárades, mamáraes, mamárais, mamárees, mamáreis	mamaran
	future	mamarei	mamarás	mamará	mamaremos	mamaredes, mamarees, mamareis, mamarês	mamarán
	conditional	mamaria	mamarias	mamaria	mamariamos, mamaríamos	mamariades, mamaríades, mamaríaes, mamaríais, mamaríees, mamaríeis	mamarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	mame	mames	mame	mamemos	mamedes, mamees, mameis, mamês	mamen
	imperfect	mamasse	mamasses	mamasse	mamassemos, mamássemos	mamassedes, mamássedes, mamássees, mamásseis	mamassen
	future	mamar	mamares	mamar	mamarmos	mamardes	mamaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	mama	—	mamemos	mamade, mamae, mamai	—
negative		—	non mames	—	non mamemos	non mamedes, non mamees, non mameis, non mamês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		mamar	mamares	mamar	mamarmos	mamardes	mamaren
1 Haver is more common than tẽer.

Descendants

• Fala: mamal
• Galician: mamar
• Portuguese: mamar

References

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “mamado”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mamar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mamar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mammar (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mamar, from Late Latin mammō, from Latin mamma (“breast”) + -ō. By surface analysis, mama +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈma(ʁ)/ [maˈma(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈma(ʁ)/ [maˈma(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maˈma(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈma(ʁ)/ [maˈma(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /maˈma(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈma.ɾi/

Verb

mamar (first-person singular present mamo, first-person singular preterite mamei, past participle mamado)

1. to suckle
2. (colloquial) to drink
3. (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) to perform oral sex, especially fellatio

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mamar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mamar
Personal	mamar	mamares	mamar	mamarmos	mamardes	mamarem
Gerund
	mamando
Past participle
Masculine	mamado			mamados
Feminine	mamada			mamadas
Indicative
Present	mamo	mamas	mama	mamamos	mamais	mamam
Imperfect	mamava	mamavas	mamava	mamávamos	mamáveis	mamavam
Preterite	mamei	mamaste	mamou	mamamos1, mamámos2	mamastes	mamaram
Pluperfect	mamara	mamaras	mamara	mamáramos	mamáreis	mamaram
Future	mamarei	mamarás	mamará	mamaremos	mamareis	mamarão
Conditional	mamaria	mamarias	mamaria	mamaríamos	mamaríeis	mamariam
Subjunctive
Present	mame	mames	mame	mamemos	mameis	mamem
Imperfect	mamasse	mamasses	mamasse	mamássemos	mamásseis	mamassem
Future	mamar	mamares	mamar	mamarmos	mamardes	mamarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mama	mame	mamemos	mamai	mamem
Negative (não)		não mames	não mame	não mamemos	não mameis	não mamem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• desmamar
• mamada
• quem não chora não mama

Further reading

• “mamar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mamar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mammaire.

Adjective

mamar m or n (feminine singular mamară, masculine plural mamari, feminine/neuter plural mamare)

1. mammary

Declension

Declension of mamar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mamar		mamară	mamari	mamare
	definite	mamarul		mamara	mamarii	mamarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	mamar		mamare	mamari	mamare
	definite	mamarului		mamarei	mamarilor	mamarelor

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mammāre, from mamma (“breast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈmaɾ/ [maˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧mar

Verb

mamar (first-person singular present mamo, first-person singular preterite mamé, past participle mamado)

1. to suckle
2. to suck
3. to blow (give a blowjob)
4. (colloquial) pocket (illegally)
5. (vulgar) to bullshit or fuck around
6. (vulgar) to fuck

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mamar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mamar
gerund			mamando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mamado		mamada
		plural		mamados		mamadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mamo	mamastú mamásvos	mama	mamamos	mamáis	maman
	imperfect	mamaba	mamabas	mamaba	mamábamos	mamabais	mamaban
	preterite	mamé	mamaste	mamó	mamamos	mamasteis	mamaron
	future	mamaré	mamarás	mamará	mamaremos	mamaréis	mamarán
	conditional	mamaría	mamarías	mamaría	mamaríamos	mamaríais	mamarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mame	mamestú mamésvos2	mame	mamemos	maméis	mamen
	imperfect (ra)	mamara	mamaras	mamara	mamáramos	mamarais	mamaran
	imperfect (se)	mamase	mamases	mamase	mamásemos	mamaseis	mamasen
	future1	mamare	mamares	mamare	mamáremos	mamareis	mamaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mamatú mamávos	mame	mamemos	mamad	mamen
	negative		no mames	no mame	no mamemos	no maméis	no mamen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mamar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive mamar	dative	mamarme	mamarte	mamarle, mamarse	mamarnos	mamaros	mamarles, mamarse
	accusative	mamarme	mamarte	mamarlo, mamarla, mamarse	mamarnos	mamaros	mamarlos, mamarlas, mamarse
with gerund mamando	dative	mamándome	mamándote	mamándole, mamándose	mamándonos	mamándoos	mamándoles, mamándose
	accusative	mamándome	mamándote	mamándolo, mamándola, mamándose	mamándonos	mamándoos	mamándolos, mamándolas, mamándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative mama	dative	mámame	mámate	mámale	mámanos	not used	mámales
	accusative	mámame	mámate	mámalo, mámala	mámanos	not used	mámalos, mámalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative mamá	dative	mamame	mamate	mamale	mamanos	not used	mamales
	accusative	mamame	mamate	mamalo, mamala	mamanos	not used	mamalos, mamalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mame	dative	mámeme	not used	mámele, mámese	mámenos	not used	mámeles
	accusative	mámeme	not used	mámelo, mámela, mámese	mámenos	not used	mámelos, mámelas
with first-person plural imperative mamemos	dative	not used	mamémoste	mamémosle	mamémonos	mamémoos	mamémosles
	accusative	not used	mamémoste	mamémoslo, mamémosla	mamémonos	mamémoos	mamémoslos, mamémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mamad	dative	mamadme	not used	mamadle	mamadnos	mamaos	mamadles
	accusative	mamadme	not used	mamadlo, mamadla	mamadnos	mamaos	mamadlos, mamadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mamen	dative	mámenme	not used	mámenle	mámennos	not used	mámenles, mámense
	accusative	mámenme	not used	mámenlo, mámenla	mámennos	not used	mámenlos, mámenlas, mámense

Derived terms

• el que no chilla no mama
• mamada
• mamador
• mamalón
• mamarse el dedo
• no mames
• quien no llora, no mama

Related terms

• amamantar
• desmamar
• mama
• mamada
• mamadera
• mamantear
• mamífero
• mamón
• no mames

Further reading

• “mamar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025