An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb 1. (to nurse)
a. to suckle Como es un recién nacido, tiene que mamar varias veces al día. Since he's a newborn, he has to suckle several times a day.
b. to feed Josefina mama cada tres horas. Josefina feeds every three hours.
c. to breastfeed Mi primer hijo tardó unos días en aprender a mamar. My first child took a few days to learn to breastfeed.
2.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) (to guzzle) a. to booze
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) Mi primo no sirve para nada. Pasa todas las tardes con su panda mamando. My cousin is a waste of space. He spends every afternoon boozing with his gang.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb 3. (to feed from a breast or udder)
a. to suck A Enrique le dan el biberón porque no quiere mamar la leche de su madre. Enrique is bottlefed because he won't suck his mother's milk.
4. (to absorb)
a. to grow up with Los hijos de Beckham han mamado el fútbol desde la cuna. Beckham's children have grown up with soccer from birth.
b. to be immersed in Rosa ha mamado el baile toda la vida. Rosa has been immersed in dance all her life.
5.
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
(vulgar) (to perform fellatio on) a. to suck off
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
(vulgar) Su novia se enojó cuando Diego le pidió que le mamara la verga. His girlfriend got mad when Diego asked her to suck him off.
mamarse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
pronominal verb 6.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) (to get drunk) a. to get smashed
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) Nadie se acuerda de la fiesta porque se mamaron todos. Nobody remembers the party because they all got smashed.
b. to get sloshed
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) Cuando se murió su madre, se mamó para tratar de ahogar las penas. When his mother died, he got sloshed in an attempt to drown his sorrows.
Copyright © Curiosity Media Inc. mamar
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb 2. (fig)
a. lo mamó desde pequeño he was immersed in it as a child
3. (muy fam)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb 4. (general)
a. to suckle dar de mamar to breastfeed
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
pronominal verb Copyright © 2006 Harrap Publishers Limited
mamar
transitive verb
1 [+leche, pecho] to suck 2 (asimilar) lo mamó desde pequeño he grew up with it from childhood
ha mamado la profesión desde niña
nació mamando el oficio he was born to the trade; todavía no han mamado suficiente democracia democracy hasn't become a way of life yet
3 (devorar) [+comida] to wolf down; bolt; [+recursos] to milk; suck dry; [+fondos] to pocket (illegally) ¡cómo la mamamos! this is the life!; we never had it so good!
4 (sexualmente) to suck off (vulgar) ; give a blow job (vulgar) intransitive verb
1 [+bebé] to suck dar de mamar a un bebé to feed a baby; dar de mamar a una cría to suckle a baby
¡no mames! (México) come off it! (familiar) ; don't give me that! (familiar)
2 (beber) to booze (familiar) ; drink pronominal verb
mamarse 1 (emborracharse) to get smashed (muy_familiar) ; get sloshed (familiar) 2 [+puesto, ventaja] to wangle (familiar) 3 mamarse a algn (Latinoamérica) (engañar) to take sb for a ride (familiar) ; (Centroamérica) (matar) to do sb in (muy_familiar)
4 mamarse un susto to give o.s. a fright
5 (And) (rajarse) to go back on one's word Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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