amamantar

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Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ mamante +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amamanˈtaɾ/
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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

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