Meanings
nounsugar mama (plural sugar mamas)
plural sugar mamas · alternative sugar mamma · alternative sugar momma · alternative sugar mummy · alternative sugar mommy
- CommonwealthIrelandUKinformalAn older woman who spends money on a younger person, usually for romantic or sexual reasons.
好きな人に貢ぎたくなる人の気持ち分かったかも
2020 [2019], Eku Takeshima, translated by Kevin Steinbach, Whisper Me a Love Song, volume 1, Kodansha Comics, translation of ささやくように恋を唄う [Sasayaku You ni Koi o Utau] (in Japanese), →ISBN, page 142
Origin
From slang sugar (“money”) and colloquial mama (“mother”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vroetelmammie
- vroetelmammieolder woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
Chinese Mandarin 乾媽 /干妈
- 乾媽 /干妈 (gānmā)older woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
French maman-gâteau
- maman-gâteauolder woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
German Sugar Mama
- Sugar Mamaolder woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
Japanese シュガーママ
- シュガーママ (shugāmama)older woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
Korean 슈가마마
- 슈가마마 (syugamama)older woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
Norwegian Bokmål sugarmama
- sugarmamaolder woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
Polish sponsorka
- sponsorkaolder woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
Portuguese patroa
- patroaolder woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
Russian са́харная ма́мочка, са́харная ма́ма
- са́харная ма́мочка (sáxarnaja mámočka)older woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
- са́харная ма́ма (sáxarnaja máma)older woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
Spanish asaltacunas
- asaltacunasolder woman who spends money on a younger person for romantic or sexual purposes.
Cite this entry
APA
sugar mama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20mama
MLA
“sugar mama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20mama. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugar mama,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20mama.
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