amamantar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ mamante +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amamanˈtaɾ/ [a.ma.mãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧man‧tar

Verb

amamantar (first-person singular present amamanto, first-person singular preterite amamanté, past participle amamantado)

1. to nurse, to breastfeed

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amamantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amamantar
gerund			amamantando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amamantado		amamantada
		plural		amamantados		amamantadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amamanto	amamantastú amamantásvos	amamanta	amamantamos	amamantáis	amamantan
	imperfect	amamantaba	amamantabas	amamantaba	amamantábamos	amamantabais	amamantaban
	preterite	amamanté	amamantaste	amamantó	amamantamos	amamantasteis	amamantaron
	future	amamantaré	amamantarás	amamantará	amamantaremos	amamantaréis	amamantarán
	conditional	amamantaría	amamantarías	amamantaría	amamantaríamos	amamantaríais	amamantarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amamante	amamantestú amamantésvos2	amamante	amamantemos	amamantéis	amamanten
	imperfect (ra)	amamantara	amamantaras	amamantara	amamantáramos	amamantarais	amamantaran
	imperfect (se)	amamantase	amamantases	amamantase	amamantásemos	amamantaseis	amamantasen
	future1	amamantare	amamantares	amamantare	amamantáremos	amamantareis	amamantaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amamantatú amamantávos	amamante	amamantemos	amamantad	amamanten
	negative		no amamantes	no amamante	no amamantemos	no amamantéis	no amamanten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of amamantar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive amamantar
	dative	amamantarme	amamantarte	amamantarle, amamantarse	amamantarnos	amamantaros	amamantarles, amamantarse
	accusative	amamantarme	amamantarte	amamantarlo, amamantarla, amamantarse	amamantarnos	amamantaros	amamantarlos, amamantarlas, amamantarse
with gerund amamantando
	dative	amamantándome	amamantándote	amamantándole, amamantándose	amamantándonos	amamantándoos	amamantándoles, amamantándose
	accusative	amamantándome	amamantándote	amamantándolo, amamantándola, amamantándose	amamantándonos	amamantándoos	amamantándolos, amamantándolas, amamantándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amamanta
	dative	amamántame	amamántate	amamántale	amamántanos	not used	amamántales
	accusative	amamántame	amamántate	amamántalo, amamántala	amamántanos	not used	amamántalos, amamántalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amamantá
	dative	amamantame	amamantate	amamantale	amamantanos	not used	amamantales
	accusative	amamantame	amamantate	amamantalo, amamantala	amamantanos	not used	amamantalos, amamantalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amamante
	dative	amamánteme	not used	amamántele, amamántese	amamántenos	not used	amamánteles
	accusative	amamánteme	not used	amamántelo, amamántela, amamántese	amamántenos	not used	amamántelos, amamántelas
with first-person plural imperative amamantemos
	dative	not used	amamantémoste	amamantémosle	amamantémonos	amamantémoos	amamantémosles
	accusative	not used	amamantémoste	amamantémoslo, amamantémosla	amamantémonos	amamantémoos	amamantémoslos, amamantémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amamantad
	dative	amamantadme	not used	amamantadle	amamantadnos	amamantaos	amamantadles
	accusative	amamantadme	not used	amamantadlo, amamantadla	amamantadnos	amamantaos	amamantadlos, amamantadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amamanten
	dative	amamántenme	not used	amamántenle	amamántennos	not used	amamántenles, amamántense
	accusative	amamántenme	not used	amamántenlo, amamántenla	amamántennos	not used	amamántenlos, amamántenlas, amamántense

Derived terms

• amamantamiento

 

Further reading

• “amamantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28