Mari (en. Mari)

/maˈɾi/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish
noun
Plant used as a recreational drug.
Many young people consume mari in their free time.
Muchos jóvenes en su tiempo libre consumen mari.
Psychoactive substance derived from the cannabis plant.
Mari has been legalized in several countries.
La mari se ha legalizado en varios países.
Medicinal use in some treatments.
The doctor prescribed mari to relieve his pain.
El médico le recetó mari para aliviar su dolor.

Etymology

The term 'mari' is an abbreviation of 'marijuana', which comes from Spanish.

Common Phrases and Expressions

it smells like mari here
Indicates that there is a smell of marijuana in the environment.
aquí huele a mari
to smoke a joint of mari
Smoking a cigarette of marijuana.
fumarse un porro de mari
to be high on mari
Being under the effects of marijuana.
estar colocado de mari

Related Words

cannabis
Plant used for both recreational and medicinal purposes.
cannabis
charas
Cannabis resin, typically handmade in the Indian subcontinent.
charas
hashish
Psychoactive substance derived from the resin of the cannabis plant.
hashish

Slang Meanings

Colloquial use of marijuana in youth culture.
At the party, everyone was talking about the new variety of mari.
En la fiesta, todos hablaban de la nueva variedad de mari.
Reference to states of euphoria caused by consumption.
That night, after smoking mari, I was on cloud nine.
Esa noche, después de fumar mari, estaba en las nubes.
Term used in the community to refer to an alternative lifestyle.
He always talks about how good it is to live a mari life.
Él siempre habla sobre lo bueno que es vivir una vida mari.
Code name to avoid legal repercussions.
Make sure not to say 'mari' out loud in public.
Asegúrate de no decir 'mari' en voz alta en público.
Recreational substance popular among young people.
Mari is more common among teenagers nowadays.
La mari es más común entre los adolescentes hoy en día.