Marras (en. Marras)

/ˈma.r.as/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Confusion or disorder in a situation.

After the accident, everything was in a true marras.

Tras el accidente, todo quedó en un verdadero marras.

Questions or issues that turn out to be complicated or difficult.

The explanations left a marras that no one could clarify.

Las explicaciones dejaron un marras que nadie pudo aclarar.

The term comes from the Hispano-Arabic 'ma'rá', which means confusion.

to another marras

Expression used to indicate that something is not new or surprising.

a otro marras

to be in a marras

To find oneself in a complicated or problematic situation.

estar en un marras

brown

Term that can refer to a color, but can also be used in an informal context to indicate problems.

marrón

disorganization

State of having no order.

desorganización

Disaster or complication.

That party was a total marras, nobody had fun.

Esa fiesta fue un marras total, nadie se divirtió.

Confusion in a conversation.

You left me in a marras with your explanations.

Me dejaste en un marras con tus explicaciones.