marejar

Catalan

Etymology

From mar (“sea”) +‎ -ejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [mə.ɾəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.ɾeˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ma.ɾeˈʒa]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Verb

marejar (first-person singular present marejo, first-person singular preterite maregí, past participle marejat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to cause to feel sick or dizzy
2. (transitive, figurative) to annoy, to burden
3. (transitive, nautical) to sail
4. (pronominal) to become sick or dizzy
5. (pronominal, nautical) (of ship's cargo) to be damaged, to spoil

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of marejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			marejar
gerund			marejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		marejat		marejada
		plural		marejats		marejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	marejo	mareges	mareja	maregem	maregeu	maregen
	imperfect	marejava	marejaves	marejava	marejàvem	marejàveu	marejaven
	future	marejaré	marejaràs	marejarà	marejarem	marejareu	marejaran
	preterite	maregí	marejares	marejà	marejàrem	marejàreu	marejaren
	conditional	marejaria	marejaries	marejaria	marejaríem	marejaríeu	marejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	maregi	maregis	maregi	maregem	maregeu	maregin
	imperfect	maregés	maregessis	maregés	maregéssim	maregéssiu	maregessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	mareja	maregi	maregem	maregeu	maregin
	negative (no)	—	no maregis	no maregi	no maregem	no maregeu	no maregin

Derived terms

• mareig
• marejada
• marejador
• marejol

Further reading

• “marejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “marejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “marejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “marejar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese mar

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar

Portuguese -ejar

Portuguese marejar

From mar + -ejar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾeˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ma.ɾeˈʒa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾeˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ma.ɾeˈʒa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾeˈʒa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾeˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ma.ɾeˈʒa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾeˈʒa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɨˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɨˈʒaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɨˈʒa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ma‧re‧jar

Verb

marejar (first-person singular present marejo, first-person singular preterite marejei, past participle marejado)

1. to get watery eyes, as in a prelude for crying

   Synonym: lacrimejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of marejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	marejar
Personal	marejar	marejares	marejar	marejarmos	marejardes	marejarem
Gerund
	marejando
Past participle
Masculine	marejado			marejados
Feminine	marejada			marejadas
Indicative
Present	marejo	marejas	mareja	marejamos	marejais	marejam
Imperfect	marejava	marejavas	marejava	marejávamos	marejáveis	marejavam
Preterite	marejei	marejaste	marejou	marejamos1, marejámos2	marejastes	marejaram
Pluperfect	marejara	marejaras	marejara	marejáramos	marejáreis	marejaram
Future	marejarei	marejarás	marejará	marejaremos	marejareis	marejarão
Conditional	marejaria	marejarias	marejaria	marejaríamos	marejaríeis	marejariam
Subjunctive
Present	mareje	marejes	mareje	marejemos	marejeis	marejem
Imperfect	marejasse	marejasses	marejasse	marejássemos	marejásseis	marejassem
Future	marejar	marejares	marejar	marejarmos	marejardes	marejarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mareja	mareje	marejemos	marejai	marejem
Negative (não)		não marejes	não mareje	não marejemos	não marejeis	não marejem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• marejado

Further reading

• “marejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “marejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026