"Minha mamãe gosta de vermelho."
Translation:My mom likes red.
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Unless you live in Birmingham...
If your answer wasn't accepted you should definitely report it, otherwise, I don't see your point. They're both correct.
Given Duo Lingo teaches Brazilian Portuguese, and not "proper" Portuguese (quotes extra emphasized), it's a little ironic how often the non-US English speakers using Duo Lingo to learn Brazilian Portuguese comment on their disappointment with the American English centric translations provided. There's the other small fact that Duo Lingo is an American company. So, they had to start with what they know. That said most of the Common Wealth countries have some wonderful phraseology we Americans don't have. So, your translation suggestions to Duo Lingo are good for us all!
I love learning details of other Englishes, in the course of learning other languages, it's fun. I also think it helps me to understand how language works in general, because when I see the little variations in spelling and connotation and idioms, I get a feel for how things tend to change and vary as languages get split across big geographic regions.
The US is a very big country with many regional accents and vocabulary unique to specific regions. I grew up in Boston, Mass calling my mother "Mummy" or "Mum".
...Americanism
Despite which, it is still English...
Mamãe apparently is another "Americanism" since it is unique to Brazil and not used in Portugal or the other Portuguese-speaking countries (mamã instead). :)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mam%C3%A3e
https://www.linguee.com/english-portuguese/translation/mom.html