What does amamentar in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word amamentar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use amamentar in Portuguese.

The word amamentar in Portuguese means breastfeed, nurture, amamentar, amamentar, amamentar, amamentar, amamentar, amamentar. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word amamentar

breastfeed

verbo transitivo (dar de mamar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

nurture

verbo transitivo (figurado (estimular) (figurative)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

amamentar

transitive verb (give milk from the breast)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
The woman plans to breastfeed her baby rather than feed him formula.

amamentar

transitive verb (animal: feed young)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
The cow patiently suckled her calf.

amamentar

transitive verb (mother: breastfeed baby)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
The mother was suckling her baby.

amamentar

intransitive verb (young animal: be fed by mother)

The piglets have been suckling for about ten minutes.

amamentar

intransitive verb (baby: be breastfed)

The new mother had problems getting her baby to suckle.

amamentar

transitive verb (baby: breastfeed) (dar leite ao bebê)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
The mother nursed the baby till he was six months old.

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