mama
Portuguese, noun
mama is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “breast, bosom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of mamar. With a tilde, mamã is a different word: “mummy, mum, mom (USA)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “órgão glandular para secreção do leite, na mulher e nas fêmeas dos mamíferos”.
What does mama mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreast, bosom
- 2
feminineudder, teat
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
Portugalfeminineinformalmummy, mum, mom (USA)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mãe
noun: 1. órgão glandular para secreção do leite, na mulher e nas fêmeas dos mamíferos 2. o tempo da amamentação 3. mãe
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mama
- mamas plural
- mamma alternative
- mamãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mama
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mama in Portuguese?
mama appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).