amamantar
Spanish, verb/amamanˈtaɾ/
amamantar is a Spanish verb meaning “to nurse, to breastfeed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner las mamas o senos a disposición de un infante para que saque la leche con los labios y lengua”.
What does amamantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nurse, to breastfeed.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner las mamas o senos a disposición de un infante para que saque la leche con los labios y lengua. 2. Consentir o mimar demasiado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amamantar
- amamanto first-person present singular
- amamanté first-person preterite singular
- amamantado participle past
- amamantando gerund
- amamantada feminine participle past
- amamantados masculine participle past
- amamantadas feminine participle past
- amamantas indicative informal present
- amamantás indicative informal present
- amamanta indicative present singular
- amamantamos first-person indicative plural
- amamantáis indicative plural present
- amamantan indicative plural present
- amamantaba first-person imperfect indicative
- amamantabas imperfect indicative second-person
- amamantábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- amamantabais imperfect indicative plural
- amamantaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amamantar?
- /amamanˈtaɾ/
- [a.ma.mãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [amamãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amamantar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amamantar in Spanish?
amamantar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).