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marrer

/ma.ʁe/

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verb/ma.ʁe/

to laugh; to be amused

J' sais pas pourquoi j' me parle toute seule, pourquoi j' me ris à la gueule ; peut-être que j'aime me marrer.I don't know why I'm talking to myself all alone, why I'm laughing in my own face; maybe I like to laugh.

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

verb/ma.ʁe/

to hoe (dig using a hoe)

From the noun marre.