Usage Note
mar is usually masculine (el mar), but turns feminine (la mar) in poetry, sailors' speech and set phrases like la mar de (loads of). Hacerse a la mar means to set sail.
Examples
"El mar está muy tranquilo."
Natural Translation
The sea is very calm.

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