mamar
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /məˈma/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /maˈmaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
mamar (first-person singular present mamo, past participle mamat)
- to suckle
Conjugation
Conjugation of mamar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | mamar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | 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 | |
| — | mama | mami | mamem | mameu | mamin | ||
Further reading
- “mamar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Verb
mamar (first-person singular present mamo, first-person singular preterite mamei, past participle mamado)
- to suckle
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of mamar
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive of mamar
Conjugation
Conjugation of mamar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | mamar | |||||
| personal | mamar | mamares | mamar | mamarmos | mamardes | mamaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| mamando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | mamado | mamados | ||||
| feminine | mamada | mamadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| 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 | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | mame | mames | mame | mamemos | mamedes | mamen |
| preterite | mamase | mamases | mamase | mamásemos | mamásedes | mamasen |
| future | mamar | mamares | mamar | mamarmos | mamardes | mamaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | mama | mame | mamemos | mamade | mamen |
| negative | – | mames | mame | mamemos | mamedes | mamen |
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin mammāre, from mamma (“breast”).
Verb
mamar (first-person singular present mamo, first-person singular preterite mamei, past participle mamado)
- to suckle
- (slang, vulgar) to perform oral sex, especially fellatio
- inflection of mamar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
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 | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Romanian
Etymology
From French mammaire.
Adjective
mamar m or n (feminine singular mamară, masculine plural mamari, feminine and neuter plural mamare)
- 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
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)
- to suckle
- to suck
- to blow (give a blowjob)
- (colloquial) pocket (illegally)
- to bullshit or fuck around
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 | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú 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 tú 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 vos 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
- 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014