Spanish Conversation · Level 34
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Spanish word
mareo
Pronunciation
IPA/maˈɾeo/
Meaning
- masculine noundizziness
Example
De repente sentí mareo.
Suddenly I felt dizzy.
More examples
En el barco me dio mareo.
On the boat I got motion sickness.
Core concept
An unsteady, dizzy feeling that makes balance difficult and may include nausea.
Common phrases
tener mareo
feel dizzy
mareo al levantarse
lightheadedness on standing
mareo por el movimiento
motion sickness
Similar words
vértigo: A strong spinning sensation that makes the surroundings or the body seem to turn.
náusea: A queasy, upset-stomach feeling that makes vomiting feel likely.
desmayo: A sudden, brief loss of consciousness that causes collapse or fainting.
aturdimiento: A dazed, groggy state that slows thinking and makes movements clumsy.
Definition in Spanish
Sensación de aturdimiento e inestabilidad que dificulta mantener el equilibrio y que puede ir acompañada de ganas de vomitar o de debilidad.
Word origin
The noun mareo comes from the verb marear 'to make someone sick or dizzy', which derives from mar 'sea' and originally refers to sickness at sea.
Usage tips
- Spanish commonly uses estar mareado for a current dizzy state, tener mareos for repeated or ongoing episodes, and marearse to say that someone becomes dizzy.
Other meanings
- lightheadednessnoun
- motion sicknessnoun
Opposites
- equilibriobalancenoun
- estabilidadstabilitynoun
Related words
- marearmake dizzyverb
- mareadodizzyadjective
- mareantedizzyingadjective