marear

v.

1 to make sick.

los viajes en barco me marean I get seasick when I travel by boat

2 to make dizzy.

3 to annoy (informal) (fastidiar).

me marea con sus quejas she drives me up the wall with her complaining

4 to be a pain (informal) (fastidiar).

¡niño, deja de marear! you naughty boy! stop annoying me!

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marear

► verbo transitivo

1 (producir malestar) to make sick

■ el coche me marea mucho I get carsick easily

2 (aturdir) to make dizzy

■ este ruido marea this noise makes your head spin

3 familiar (molestar) to annoy

■ deja ya de marear, niño stop being a nuisance

► verbo pronominal marearse

1 (en general) to get sick; (en el coche) to get carsick; (en el mar) to get seasick; (en avión) to get airsick

2 (sentir vértigo) to get dizzy; (a punto de desmayarse) to feel faint

3 (emborracharse) to get tipsy

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1. VT

1) (Med)

marear a algn — to make sb feel sick

el olor a alquitrán me marea — the smell of tar makes me feel sick

el fuerte oleaje me marea — the swell is making me feel seasick

2) (=aturdir)

marear a algn — to make sb (feel) dizzy

las alturas me marean — heights make me (feel) dizzy

3) (=emborrachar)

marear a algn — to make sb feel drunk o light-headed

4) (=confundir)

no grites tanto, que me mareas — don't shout so much, I can't hear myself think

¡decídete y no me marees más! — make up your mind and stop going on at me!

5) Caribe, Méx (=engañar) to cheat

2.

VI †† (Náut) to sail, navigate

3.

See:

marearse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (Med) (con náuseas) to make ... feel sick o queasy; (con pérdida de equilibrio, etc) to make ... dizzy

el vino lo mareó — the wine made him feel drunk o light-headed

b) (confundir) to confuse, get ... confused o muddled

me mareas con tantas preguntas — you're confusing me with all these questions

2.

marear vi (arc) to navigate

3.

marearse v pron

a) (Med)

siempre se marea en el coche/en barco — he always gets carsick/seasick

miró hacia abajo y se mareó — he looked down and felt o went dizzy

con dos copas se mareó — she had two drinks and started to feel drunk o light-headed

b) (confundirse) to get muddled o confused

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* marear a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.

* marear la perdiz = kick to + death, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (Med) (con náuseas) to make ... feel sick o queasy; (con pérdida de equilibrio, etc) to make ... dizzy

el vino lo mareó — the wine made him feel drunk o light-headed

b) (confundir) to confuse, get ... confused o muddled

me mareas con tantas preguntas — you're confusing me with all these questions

2.

marear vi (arc) to navigate

3.

marearse v pron

a) (Med)

siempre se marea en el coche/en barco — he always gets carsick/seasick

miró hacia abajo y se mareó — he looked down and felt o went dizzy

con dos copas se mareó — she had two drinks and started to feel drunk o light-headed

b) (confundirse) to get muddled o confused

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* marear a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.

* marear la perdiz = kick to + death, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.

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marear [A1 ]

vt

1 (Med):

el olor a pintura me marea the smell of paint makes me feel sick o queasy

las luces la mareaban the lights were making her dizzy

el vino lo mareó the wine made him feel drunk o light-headed

2 (confundir) to confuse, get … confused o muddled

me mareas con tantas preguntas you're confusing me o making my head spin with all these questions, you're getting me confused o muddled with all these questions

me mareó más con su explicación his explanation confused me even more o got me even more confused o muddled

■ marear

vi

(arc); to navigate

■ marearse

v pron

1 (Med):

siempre se marea en el coche/en barco/en avión he always gets carsick/seasick/airsick

miró hacia abajo y se mareó he looked down and felt o went dizzy

bebió dos copas y se mareó she had two drinks and started to feel drunk o light-headed

2 (confundirse) to get muddled o confused

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marear (conjugate marear) verbo transitivo

a) (Med) (con náuseas) to make … feel sick o queasy;

(con pérdida de equilibrio) to make … dizzy

b) (confundir) to confuse, get … confused o muddled;

◊ me mareas con tantas preguntas you're confusing me with all these questions

marearse verbo pronominal

a) (al viajar — en coche) to get carsick;

(— en barco) to get seasick;
(— en avión) to get airsick;
(perder el equilibrio) to feel dizzy;
(con alcohol) to get tipsy

b) (confundirse) to get muddled o confused

marear verbo transitivo
1 (producir náuseas) to make sick
(producir desfallecimiento) to make dizzy
2 fam (molestar) to confuse, puzzle: me marea con tanta orden contradictoria, he confuses me with all his contradictory orders
'marear' also found in these entries:
English:
overpower
- over

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marear

♦ vt

1. [provocar náuseas en] to make sick;

[en coche, avión] to make travel-sick; [en barco] to make seasick;

los viajes en barco me marean I get seasick when I travel by boat

2. [aturdir] to make dizzy;

Comp

marear la perdiz to beat about the bush

3. Fam [fastidiar] to annoy;

me marea con sus quejas she drives me up the wall with her complaining

♦ vi

1. [emborrachar]

este vino marea this wine goes to your head

2. Fam [fastidiar] to be a pain;

¡niño, deja de marear! stop being such a pain!

♦ See also the pronominal verb marearse

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marear

I v/t

1 make feel nauseous, Br

make feel sick

2 fig (confundir) confuse

II v/i navigate

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marear vt

1) : to make sick

los gases me marearon: the fumes made me sick

2) : to bother, to annoy

♦ See also the reflexive verb marearse

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marear vb to make feel sick

el movimiento del barco me mareó the movement of the boat made me feel sick