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marrer

Pronunciation: /ma.ʁe/

“marrer” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to laugh; to be amused
  2. to hoe (dig using a hoe)

In French

  1. Labourer la terre avec une marre.
  2. (Utilisé uniquement dans fr) Faire rire.
  3. (Utilisé uniquement dans fr) Rigoler; se bidonner; se poiler.

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish marear (“to get dizzy”), with semantic shift "to get dizzy" > "to be bored" > "to be amused" (via antiphrasis).

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