amamantar

Spanish

Etymology

(1293). From a- +‎ mamante +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /amamanˈtaɾ/ [a.ma.mãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧ma‧man‧tar

Verb

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

to nurse, to breastfeed.
- 1935, Rómulo Gallegos, Canaima:
  «Junto a su lecho de muerte la india Rosa amamantaba al último de sus hijos. Era una mujer todavía joven que tal vez nunca había sido hermosa, pero con el enigma aborigen en la interesante expresión de la faz devastada».
  “At her deathbed, the Indian woman Rosa was nursing the last of her children. She was a still young woman who had perhaps never been beautiful, but with the aboriginal enigma in the interesting expression of her devastated face.”

Conjugation

Conjugation of amamantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			amamantar
gerund			amamantando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amamantado		amamantada
		plural		amamantados		amamantadas
		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	amamantas^{^tú} amamantás^{^vos}	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	amamantes^{^tú} amamantés^{^vos²}	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		amamanta^{^tú} amamantá^{^vos}	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
with infinitive amamantar	accusative	amamantarme	amamantarte	amamantarlo, amamantarla, amamantarse	amamantarnos	amamantaros	amamantarlos, amamantarlas, amamantarse

with gerund amamantando	dative	amamantándome	amamantándote	amamantándole, amamantándose	amamantándonos	amamantándoos	amamantándoles, amamantándose
with gerund amamantando	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
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amamanta	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
with formal second-person singular imperative amamante	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
with first-person plural imperative amamantemos	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
with informal second-person plural imperative amamantad	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
with formal second-person plural imperative amamanten	accusative	amamántenme	not used	amamántenlo, amamántenla	amamántennos	not used	amamántenlos, amamántenlas, amamántense

Derived terms

amamantamiento