marear Preterite Conjugation
marear — to make dizzy
The preterite of marear is regular: mareé, mareaste, mareó, mareamos, mareasteis, marearon.
marear Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite of marear to talk about a specific instance in the past where something or someone made you dizzy, or when someone was annoyed at a particular moment.
Notes on marear in the Preterite
Marear is a regular -ar verb and follows the standard preterite conjugation pattern.
Example Sentences
El movimiento del barco me mareó mucho.
The boat's movement made me very dizzy.
él/ella/usted
Ayer mareaste a tu hermano con tus bromas.
Yesterday you annoyed your brother with your jokes.
tú
Nos mareamos un poco en la montaña rusa.
We got a little dizzy on the roller coaster.
nosotros
Los niños se marearon en el coche.
The children got dizzy in the car.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the imperfect instead of the preterite for a single event.
Correct: For a specific instance, say 'Me mareó el olor' (The smell made me dizzy - preterite), not 'Me mareaba el olor' (The smell used to make me dizzy/was making me dizzy - imperfect).
Why: The preterite marks completed actions, while the imperfect describes ongoing or habitual past actions.
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'mareó' (él/ella/usted).
Correct: The third-person singular preterite form is 'mareó', with an accent on the 'o'.
Why: The accent is necessary to distinguish it from other forms and indicate the stressed syllable.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: mareo
The present indicative of marear is regular: mareo, mareas, marea, mareamos, mareáis, marean.
Imperfect
yo: mareaba
The imperfect of marear is regular: mareaba, mareabas, mareaba, mareábamos, mareabais, mareaban.
Future
yo: marearé
The future of marear is regular: marearé, marearás, mareará, marearemos, marearéis, marearán.
Conditional
yo: marearía
The conditional of marear is regular: marearía, marearías, marearía, marearíamos, marearíais, marearían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: maree
The present subjunctive of marear is regular: maree, marees, maree, mareemos, mareéis, mareen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: mareara
The imperfect subjunctive of marear uses -ra or -se endings: mareara, marearas, mareara, mareáramos, marearais, marearan.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: marea
The imperative of marear is regular: marea (tú), maree (usted), mareemos (nosotros), maread (vosotros), mareen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no marees
The negative imperative of marear uses the present subjunctive: no marees (tú), no maree (usted), no mareemos (nosotros), no mareéis (vosotros), no mareen (ustedes).