mamá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mama"

Asturian

Noun

mamá f (plural mamás)

1. Alternative form of ma

Galician

Alternative forms

• ma, mamai, mamaie, mamaíña

Etymology

Compare Spanish mamá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈma]

Noun

mamá f (plural mamás)

1. (colloquial, endearing, vocative) mum, mom
2. (followed by a proper name) grandmother

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mamá”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mamá”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mamá”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Lingala

Noun

mamá class 1 (plural bamamá class 2)

1. mother, mum, mom

References

• Ashem Tem Kawata (2004) Dictionnaire lingala-falansé et français-lingala (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈma/ [maˈma]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ma‧má

Etymology 1

Adapted from French maman.

Noun

mamá f (plural mamás)

1. (colloquial, familiar, endearing) mum, mom

   Synonym: mami

2. (Mexico) a term of affection for a woman

Derived terms

• mamá de Tarzán

 

See also

• papá
• bebé

Etymology 2

Verb

mamá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mamar

Further reading

• “mamá”, 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