mareado

/maɾeˈado/ · B2 · adj

dizzy, woozy, vertiginous

🤢🌀 mareado = from mar (sea): sea-sickness, that sloshing, woozy feeling

Mareado comes from marear, to make sick like the sea, built on mar (sea), as in marine. Being at sea makes you queasy, and the word spread to any dizziness, whether carsick, woozy, or lightheaded.

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