a mares
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a ˈmaɾes/ [a ˈma.ɾes]
- Syllabification: a ma‧res
Adverb
- (idiomatic, usually used with liquids) In great quantity
- sudar a mares ― to sweat buckets
- llover a mares ― to bucket down
- llorar a mares ― to cry one's eyes out
Further reading
- “a mares”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024