marear

Galician

Alternative forms

• marexar

Etymology

Attested since 1370. From mar (“sea”) or marea (“tide; crossing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾeˈaɾ/

Verb

marear (first-person singular present mareo, first-person singular preterite mareei, past participle mareado)

1. (nautical, now literary) to navigate
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 257:

     Mays Pares tragía cõsigo moy bõos marineyros, et tã ben sabíã marear que toste tomarõ porto

     But Paris brought with him excellent sailors, who were so good at navigating that soon they arrived to a harbor

   • 1878, Francisco Añón, untitled:

     Por mor de certa rabuxa
     pelengrinei por Europa
     marexaba vento en popa
     pero dixen ¡ai da puxa!
     xa lle vin o rabo á cruxa,
     ando feito un sapo cuncho
     volvome ao patrio corruncho

     Because of certain rage
     I pilgrimaged along Europe
     I was sailing with tailwind
     but I said to myself, geez!
     I've already seen the owl's tail
     and I'm look like a tortoise
     I'm getting back to my native corner

   Synonyms: navegar, singrar

2. (transitive) to dizzy
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get dizzy
4. (intransitive, of fish) to swim

Conjugation

Conjugation of marear

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	marear
personal	marear	mareares	marear	marearmos	mareardes	marearen
Gerund
	mareando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	mareado			mareados
feminine	mareada			mareadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	mareo	mareas	marea	mareamos	mareades	marean
imperfect	mareaba	mareabas	mareaba	mareabamos	mareabades	mareaban
preterite	mareei	mareaches	mareou	mareamos	mareastes	marearon
pluperfect	mareara	marearas	mareara	marearamos	marearades	marearan
future	marearei	marearás	mareará	marearemos	marearedes	marearán
conditional	marearía	marearías	marearía	mareariamos	mareariades	marearían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	maree	marees	maree	mareemos	mareedes	mareen
preterite	marease	mareases	marease	mareásemos	mareásedes	mareasen
future	marear	mareares	marear	marearmos	mareardes	marearen
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	marea	maree	mareemos	mareade	mareen
negative	–	marees	maree	mareemos	mareedes	mareen

Derived terms

• mareante
• mareo

 

Related terms

• mar
• marea
• marexada

 

References

• “marear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “marea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “marear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “marear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “marear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From marea (“tide”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾeˈaɾ/ [ma.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧re‧ar

Verb

marear (first-person singular present mareo, first-person singular preterite mareé, past participle mareado)

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get dizzy
2. to make dizzy, to dizzy
3. to sicken

Conjugation

    Conjugation of marear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			marear
gerund			mareando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mareado		mareada
		plural		mareados		mareadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mareo	mareastú mareásvos	marea	mareamos	mareáis	marean
	imperfect	mareaba	mareabas	mareaba	mareábamos	mareabais	mareaban
	preterite	mareé	mareaste	mareó	mareamos	mareasteis	marearon
	future	marearé	marearás	mareará	marearemos	marearéis	marearán
	conditional	marearía	marearías	marearía	marearíamos	marearíais	marearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	maree	mareestú mareésvos2	maree	mareemos	mareéis	mareen
	imperfect (ra)	mareara	marearas	mareara	mareáramos	marearais	marearan
	imperfect (se)	marease	mareases	marease	mareásemos	mareaseis	mareasen
	future1	mareare	mareares	mareare	mareáremos	mareareis	marearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mareatú mareávos	maree	mareemos	maread	mareen
	negative		no marees	no maree	no mareemos	no mareéis	no mareen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of marear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive marear
	dative	marearme	marearte	marearle, marearse	marearnos	marearos	marearles, marearse
	accusative	marearme	marearte	marearlo, marearla, marearse	marearnos	marearos	marearlos, marearlas, marearse
with gerund mareando
	dative	mareándome	mareándote	mareándole, mareándose	mareándonos	mareándoos	mareándoles, mareándose
	accusative	mareándome	mareándote	mareándolo, mareándola, mareándose	mareándonos	mareándoos	mareándolos, mareándolas, mareándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative marea
	dative	maréame	maréate	maréale	maréanos	not used	maréales
	accusative	maréame	maréate	maréalo, maréala	maréanos	not used	maréalos, maréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mareá
	dative	mareame	mareate	mareale	mareanos	not used	mareales
	accusative	mareame	mareate	marealo, mareala	mareanos	not used	marealos, marealas
with formal second-person singular imperative maree
	dative	maréeme	not used	maréele, maréese	maréenos	not used	maréeles
	accusative	maréeme	not used	maréelo, maréela, maréese	maréenos	not used	maréelos, maréelas
with first-person plural imperative mareemos
	dative	not used	mareémoste	mareémosle	mareémonos	mareémoos	mareémosles
	accusative	not used	mareémoste	mareémoslo, mareémosla	mareémonos	mareémoos	mareémoslos, mareémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative maread
	dative	mareadme	not used	mareadle	mareadnos	mareaos	mareadles
	accusative	mareadme	not used	mareadlo, mareadla	mareadnos	mareaos	mareadlos, mareadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mareen
	dative	maréenme	not used	maréenle	maréennos	not used	maréenles, maréense
	accusative	maréenme	not used	maréenlo, maréenla	maréennos	not used	maréenlos, maréenlas, maréense

Derived terms

• aguja de marear
• carta de marear
• mareado
• mareador
• marear la perdiz
• mareo

 

Further reading

• “marear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014