marear

to make sick

marear(mah-reh-ahr)

transitive verb

1. (to produce nausea)

a. to make sick

Ciertos alimentos la marean ahora que está embarazada.

Certain foods make her sick now that she's pregnant.

b. to make ill

La montaña rusa lo mareó.

The roller coaster made him ill.

c. to make seasick (boat)

Los viajes en crucero lo marean.

Cruise travel makes him seasick.

d. to make carsick (automobile)

Ir en el asiento de atrás me marea.

Riding in the backseat makes me carsick.

e. to make travel-sick (aviation and automobile)

(United Kingdom)

La turbulencia mareó a los pasajeros.

The turbulence made the passengers travel-sick.

2. (to disorient)

a. to make dizzy

Levantarme tan rápido me mareó.

Standing up too fast made me dizzy.

3.

(figurative)

(to disconcert)

a. to confuse

Me marearon con tanta información.

They confused me with so much information.

4. (to intoxicate)

a. to make drunk

Tanto whisky mareó a Miguel.

All that whiskey made Miguel drunk.

5.

(colloquial)

(to upset)

a. to annoy

Ana nos marea a todos en la oficina.

Ana annoys everyone at the office.

b. to irritate

Roberto marea a la maestra con sus preguntas.

Roberto irritates the teacher with his questions.

marearse

pronominal verb

6. (to feel nausea)

a. to get sick

Si Elsa come huevo, se marea.

If Elsa eats eggs, she gets sick.

b. to feel ill

Eduardo se mareó así que no fue al colegio.

Eduardo felt ill so he didn't go to school.

c. to get seasick (boat)

Te recomiendo tomar esta pastilla en caso de marearte.

I suggest you take this pill if you get seasick.

d. to get carsick (automobile)

Es muy común marearse en el auto si vas leyendo.

It's very common to get carsick if you're reading.

e. to get motion sickness

¿Te mareas?

Do you get motion sickness?

f. to get travel-sick

(United Kingdom)

Ana pasó todo el vuelo en el baño porque se mareó.

Ana spent the whole flight in the bathroom because she got travel-sick.

7. (to be disoriented)

a. to get dizzy

Es muy común marearse o sentir vértigo en las alturas.

It's very common to get dizzy or feel vertigo in high places.

8.

(figurative)

(to get disconcerted)

a. to get confused

Los alumnos se marearon con tanta información.

The students got confused with so much information.

9. (to get intoxicated)

a. to get drunk

José se mareó y empezó a hacer imprudencias.

José got drunk and started being imprudent.