mamar
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#21,394
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
6
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
mamar is aSpanishverb. It means: Aspirar con fuerza, usando los labios y la succión de la garganta para extraer algo del material o recipiente que lo contiene, en particular la leche materna del seno. Pronounced [maˈmaɾ]. Often confused with mar and mapa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mamar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [maˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mamar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈmaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,394 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for mamar, with forms such as "maamr", "mamarr", and "mammar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mar", "mapa", "masa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is mamar, spelled M-A-M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Aspirar con fuerza, usando los labios y la succión de la garganta para extraer algo del material o recipiente que lo contiene, en particular la leche materna del seno.
- 2Por extensión y figuradamente, absorber e incorporar algo del medio desde la infancia.
- 3Comer con avidez.
- 4Obtener algo, en especial un cargo o privilegio, generalmente sin méritos o por un golpe de suerte.
- 5Realizar una felación.
- 6Obtener ventajas o beneficios para sí mismo desde un cargo, en particular si es público.
- 7Hacer que algo termine o llegue a su fin.
- 8Decir deliberadamente algo contrario a la verdad, especialmente para obtener una ventaja sobre otro.
- 9En el ámbito escolar: No pasar un examen o prueba.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: maamr,mamarr,mammar,mamra,mmaar,mmamar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mamar
Misspelling Variants of "mamar"
Frequency rank: #21,394 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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