Spanish Conversation · Level 22
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Spanish word
marear
Pronunciation
IPA/maɾeˈaɾ/
Meaning
- verbmake dizzy
Example
La música fuerte me marea.
The loud music makes me dizzy.
More examples
Una comida pesada me marea.
A heavy meal makes me dizzy.
Core concept
Swaying sea motion that makes a person unsteady.
Common phrases
marea a los niños
make the children dizzy
la comida pesada me marea
A heavy meal makes me dizzy
Similar words
aturdir: Overwhelm the senses so the mind feels stunned, dazed, or slow to work.
nausear: Produce stomach discomfort and a queasy urge to vomit.
Definition in Spanish
Hacer que alguien se sienta mareado, con náuseas o desorientado; puede ser literal o figurado.
Word origin
From Latin mare "sea" plus the Spanish verbal suffix -ear, originally meaning to make someone seasick and later broadening to make someone dizzy or disoriented.
Usage tips
- Spanish uses marear transitively (marear a alguien) to mean cause dizziness and the reflexive marearse to mean become dizzy, with mareado as the adjective.