mamá

/maˈma/ · A1 · noun · f

florists chrysanthemum

mamá — florists chrysanthemum

👩 mamá = mama, but stress the END: ma-MA

Same baby-talk syllables as English mama, found in languages worldwide. The accent mark on the final a moves the stress to the last syllable: ma-MA. Without the accent, mama means breast, so the accent matters.

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