marea
Spanish, noun
marea is spelled M-A-R-E-A (5 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,966th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of marear. With an accent, mareá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of marear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ascenso o flujo del agua que da lugar a la pleamar y descenso o reflujo que motiva la bajamar. Es un fenómeno…”.
What does marea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetide
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of marear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ascenso o flujo del agua que da lugar a la pleamar y descenso o reflujo que motiva la bajamar. Es un fenómeno que ocurre dos veces al día, ocasionado por la atracción gravitatoria de la Luna y del Sol. 2. Agua que sube en la pleamar y baja en la bajamar. 3. Franja costera que queda descubierta en la bajamar y vuelve a ser cubierta por el agua en la pleamar. 4. Resultado de la labor de pesca de una jornada.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of marea
- mareas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to marea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marea in Spanish?
marea appears 8.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).