mar

=

sea

noun

mar
masculine noun o feminine noun
1. sea (también figurative)
  • veranean en el mar -> they spend their summer holidays at the seaside
  • hacerse a la mar -> to set sail, to put (out) to sea
  • pasan meses en el mar -> they spend months at sea (navegando)
  • alta mar -> high seas
  • a mares -> a lot
  • llover a mares -> to rain buckets
  • me cago en la mar (muy informal) -> bloody hell! (peninsular SpanishBr), goddamn it! (United States)
  • mecachis en la mar (informal Euf) -> sugar! (peninsular SpanishBr), shoot! (United States)
  • mar abierto -> the open sea
  • mar adentro -> out to sea
  • mar de fondo (también figurative) -> groundswell
  • mar gruesa -> rough o stormy sea
  • mar rizada -> choppy sea
  • el mar Báltico -> the Baltic Sea
  • el mar Cantábrico -> the Cantabrian Sea
  • el mar Caribe -> the Caribbean Sea
  • el mar Caspio -> the Caspian Sea
  • el mar Egeo -> the Aegean Sea
  • el mar Mediterráneo -> the Mediterranean Sea
  • el mar Muerto -> the Dead Sea
  • el mar del Norte -> the North Sea
  • el mar Negro -> the Black Sea
  • el mar Rojo -> the red Sea
2. (informal)
  • la mar de -> really, very
  • es la mar de inteligente -> she's really intelligent

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mar [mar]
noun
1. The sea 2. (m & f)
2. Sea, proverbially for any large quantity. (m & f)
3. Swell (marejada). (m & f)
  • Alta ma -> or mar ancha, the main sea, the high seas
  • Baja mar -> low water, ebbtide
  • Mar llena -> pleamar, high water
  • Correr los mares -> to follow the seas
  • Salir a la mar -> to put to sea
  • La mar está muy crecida -> the sea runs very high
  • Un mar de confusiones -> a sea of confusion
  • Estar hecho un mar de lágrimas -> to weep floods
  • Está la mar de contento -> he's terribly happy
Sea (océano), some large lakes.

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