# mamar
## Asturian
### Verb

mamar (first-person singular indicative present mamo, past participle mamáu)
* to suckle (milk from a mother's breast)
    Synonym: zucar
* to learn something while growing up (a child)
* (reflexive) to get drunk
    Synonym: enfilar
* (transitive) to get hit, to receive a beating

#### Derived terms

* la lleche que mamasti
* mamales
* mamar el deu

### References

* “mamar” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.
* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [məˈma]
* IPA: (Valencia) [maˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “mamar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mamar, from Late Latin mammō, from Latin mamma + -o. By surface analysis, mama +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈmaɾ/ [mãˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin mammō, from Latin mamma + -o.

### Verb

mamar
* to suckle (to suck milk from a nursing mother)
** 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, chapter 220, in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, 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.

#### Descendants

* Fala: mamal
* Galician: mamar
* Portuguese: mamar

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “mamado”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mamar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mama”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* mammar (pre-standardization)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mamar, from Late Latin mammō, from Latin mamma + -o. By surface analysis, mama +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈma(ʁ)/ [maˈma(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈma(ʁ)/ [maˈma(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /maˈma(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /maˈma(ʁ)/ [maˈma(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maˈma(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈmaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈmaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈma.ɾi/

### Verb

mamar (first-person singular present mamo, first-person singular preterite mamei, past participle mamado)
* to suckle
* (colloquial) to drink
* (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) to perform oral sex, especially fellatio

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* mamada
* quem não chora não mama

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mammaire.

### Adjective

mamar m or n (feminine singular mamară, masculine plural mamari, feminine and neuter plural mamare)
* mammary

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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
* (vulgar) to fuck

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* el que no chilla no mama
* mamador
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10