marear

• marexar

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

• IPA^(key): /maɾeˈaɾ/

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

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. (pronominal) to get dizzy
4. (intransitive, of fish) to swim

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “marear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “marear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “marear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From marea (“tide”) +‎ -ar.

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

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

1. (pronominal) to get dizzy
2. to make dizzy, to dizzy
3. to sicken

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