mamar

v.

1 to suckle (leche).

lo mamó desde pequeño (figurative) he was immersed in it as a child (lo aprendió)

dar de mamar to breastfeed

2 to knock back (very informal) (beber). (peninsular Spanish)

3 to suck, to suck on.

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mamar

► verbo transitivo

1 (succionar) to suck

2 figurado (aprender de pequeño) to grow up with

► verbo intransitivo

1 (bebé) to feed; (animal) to suckle

► verbo pronominal mamarse

1 tabú (emborracharse) to get pissed, get plastered

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar de mamar to breast-feed

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verb

to suckle, suck

- dar de mamar

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1. VT

1) [+ leche, pecho] to suck

2) (=asimilar)

lo mamó desde pequeño — he grew up with it from childhood

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 ***, give a blow job ***

2. VI

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!

2) ** (=beber) to booze *, drink

3.

See:

mamarse

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1.

verbo intransitivo

1)

a) bebé to feed

a todos sus hijos les dio de mamar — she breastfed all her children

b) gato/cordero to suckle

2) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (beber alcohol) to hit the bottle (colloq), to booze (colloq)

2.

mamar vt

son cosas que uno ha mamado — they're things that one has learned/seen from childhood

ha mamado la música — he's been surrounded by music since birth

3.

mamarse v pron

1) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (emborracharse) to get tight o sloshed (colloq)

2) (AmS fam) <discurso/programa> to sit through

3) (Col, Ven) (cansarse) to get tired

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* dar de mamar = breast-feeding [breastfeeding].

* dar de mamar a = breast-feed [breastfeed].

* el que no llora, no mama = the squeaky (squeaking) wheel gets the grease (the oil/oiled).

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1.

verbo intransitivo

1)

a) bebé to feed

a todos sus hijos les dio de mamar — she breastfed all her children

b) gato/cordero to suckle

2) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (beber alcohol) to hit the bottle (colloq), to booze (colloq)

2.

mamar vt

son cosas que uno ha mamado — they're things that one has learned/seen from childhood

ha mamado la música — he's been surrounded by music since birth

3.

mamarse v pron

1) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (emborracharse) to get tight o sloshed (colloq)

2) (AmS fam) <discurso/programa> to sit through

3) (Col, Ven) (cansarse) to get tired

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* dar de mamar = breast-feeding [breastfeeding].

* dar de mamar a = breast-feed [breastfeed].

* el que no llora, no mama = the squeaky (squeaking) wheel gets the grease (the oil/oiled).

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mamar [A1 ]

vi

A

1 «bebé» to feed

a las seis le tengo que dar de mamar a Clarita at six o'clock I have to feed Clarita

a todos sus hijos les dio de mamar she breastfed all her children

2 «gato/cordero» to suckle

todavía está mamando it's still suckling o it hasn't been weaned yet

B (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (beber alcohol) to hit the bottle (colloq), to booze (colloq)

■ mamar

vt

A ‹cultura/teatro›

son cosas que uno ha mamado they're things that one has learned/seen from childhood

ha mamado la música he's been surrounded by music o he's lived and breathed music since birth

B (vulg); ‹hombre› to suck … off (vulg)

■ mamarse

v pron

A (fam)

1 (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) (emborracharse) to get tight o sloshed (colloq)

2 (Chi) (engullir) to demolish (colloq), to polish off (colloq)

B

(AmS fam) (aguantar, resistir): no me mamo un partido de fútbol por televisión I can't bear to sit through a football game on television

no sería capaz de mamarme la subida de ese cerro I wouldn't be able to make it up that hill o to manage the climb up that hill

C (Col, Ven) (cansarse) to get tired

D (Col fam)

1

(aventajar, ganar): Brasil se mamó a Polonia sin el menor problema Brazil walked over o thrashed Poland (colloq)

me lo mamé con ese movimiento I finished him off with that move (colloq)

2 (despilfarrar) to blow (colloq)

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mamar (conjugate mamar) verbo intransitivo
1

a) [bebé] to feed;

◊ dar de mamar to breastfeed

b) [gato/cordero] to suckle

2 (fam) (beber alcohol) to booze (colloq)
mamar
I vtr (un bebé, una cría) to suck
fig (conocimientos, constumbres) to absorb
II verbo intransitivo to feed
'mamar' also found in these entries:
English:
feed
- suck
- breast
- suckle

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mamar

♦ vt

1. [leche] to suckle

2. [aprender] to grow up with;

mamó las telenovelas desde pequeña she was brought up on TV soaps

3. Esp muy Fam [beber] to knock back

4. Vulg [pene] to suck;

se la mamó she gave him head o a blow job, she sucked him off

♦ vi

1. [bebé] to suckle;

dar de mamar to breastfeed

2. Esp muy Fam [beber] Br to go on the piss, US to hit the sauce

3. Méx Fam

¡no mames! [no fastidies] come off it!;

[no molestes] cut it out!

♦ See also the pronominal verb mamarse

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mamar

v/i suck;

dar de mamar a (breast)feed

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mamar vi

1) : to suckle

2)

darle de mamar a : to breast-feed

mamar vt

1) : to suckle, to nurse

2) : to learn from childhood, to grow up with

♦ See also the reflexive verb mamarse

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mamar vb

1. (chupar) to suck

2. (tomar la leche) to feed [pt. & pp. fed]