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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|mamma's boy}}
* {{alter|en|mommy's boy}}
* {{alter|en|mummy's boy}} {{q|UK}}
* {{alter|en|momma's boy}} {{q|US}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-mama's boy.ogg|a=AU}}

===Noun===
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# {{lb|en|informal|idiomatic|derogatory|North America}} A male who has a very close bond with his [[mother]], and may consequently be perceived as [[soft]] or [[effeminate]].
#: {{cot|en|daddy's boy|Daddy's girl}}
#: {{ux|en|He's such a '''mama's boy''' that he can't even ask a girl out for a date without his mother's approval.}}
#* {{quote-av|en|year=2020|author=Alexandra|role=speaker|title=Strong women and weak men|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ycfwn21x-Q|publisher=Family Code|network=YouTube|time=8:48–9:45|text=And now we have plenty of '''mama’s boys''' who just want to have fun, who just want to —I don't know— use some women, have fun, have great sex, but they are not able to offer this responsibility in case something happens (!) so that’s why women, they are insecure because sex is something very precious that we have to offer; we women, because it’s our bodies, and our bodies, uhm, we become pregnant and men cannot become pregnant, so we bear all of these risks. And, for us, it’s a huge opening if we say yes to a man, if we give ourselves to a man, it’s not only that we open —uh, I’m sorry for the expression— our legs, but, it’s just that we open our heart and soul and we trust that this man is responsible; and if something happens (!) he will take action, he will be there (!) for us; he will behave... [''nodding''] like a man.}}

====Usage notes====
* While mama's boy and [[mummy's boy]] are both recognized in many English dictionaries, the latter is considered chiefly British and the former is sometimes considered North American. Other alternative forms are considerably rarer by comparison and are often absent from dictionaries.

====Synonyms====
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* {{l|en|pansy}}
* {{l|en|nancy boy}}
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|male overly attached to his mother}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|صَبِيُّ الْأُمّ|m}}, {{t|ar|اِبْنُ وَالِدَتِهِ|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մամայի բալա|sc=Armn}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ма́мчын сыно́к|m}}, {{t|be|ма́мін ду́рань|m}}, {{t|be|ба́бін ду́рань|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|ма́мино дете́нце|n}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|нанин}}, {{t|ce|нуькка}}, {{t|ce|ноькка}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|媽寶|tr=mābǎo}}, {{t|cmn|媽寶男|tr=mābǎonán}} {{q|neologism, slang}}, {{t|cmn|[[離不開]][[媽媽]][[的]][[男孩]]|tr=líbùkāi māma de nánhái}} {{q|lit. "boy who is inseparable from [his] mom"}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|mamánek|m}}
* East Central German: {{t|gmw-ecg|Arschklunkr|m}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|mammapoeg}}, {{t|et|memmepoeg}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mammanpoika}}
* French: {{t|fr|petit garçon à sa maman|m}}, {{t+|fr|fils à maman|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Muttersöhnchen|n}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|mömmustrákur|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|mammone|m}}, {{t|it|mammoletta}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|マザーコンプレックス|tr=mazā konpurekkusu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|ママっ子|tr=ママっこ, mamakko|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|[[マザコン]]の[[男]]|tr=マザコンのおとこ, mazakon no otoko}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|마마보이}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|maminsynek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|filhinho da mamãe|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ма́менькин сыно́к|m}}, {{t|ru|ма́мин сыно́к|m}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|madrero|m}}, {{t|es|nene de mamá|m}}, {{t+|es|enmadrado|m}}, {{t+|es|regalón|m}}, {{t+|es|mamón|m}}, {{t+|es|pollerudo|m}}, {{t|es|moñas|m}}, {{t|es|nenaza|f}}, {{t|es|hijito de mamá|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|morsgris|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|мату́син сино́к|m}}, {{t|uk|мамі́й|m}}, {{t|uk|ма́мин сино́к|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|bám váy mẹ}}, {{t|vi|cơm chín vần ra}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|cut the umbilical cord}}

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