marear
/maɾeˈaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to get dizzy
🌊😵💫 marear = from mar (sea): sea-motion makes you dizzy, like seasick
Marear comes from mar, meaning sea. Being tossed by waves is the classic cause of nausea and dizziness, so the verb came to mean making someone dizzy or sick, and also to get dizzy. Link it to mar in mareo (seasickness).