Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Impetuous, vehement: Describes an action or force that is sudden, powerful, and difficult to control, often occurring on a large scale.
   • Torrential, overwhelming: Characterizes something that comes in a massive, surging, and continuous wave.

2. Adverb:

   • Impetuously, vehemently: Used to describe the manner of an action that is carried out with great force, intensity, and speed.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Gió thổi ào ạt. (The wind blows impetuously.)
  • Tiến quân ào ạt. (To stage an impetuous advance.)
• Adverb:
  • Nước lũ chảy ào ạt. (The floodwater flows torrentially.)
  • Tin tức lan truyền ào ạt trên mạng xã hội. (The news spread overwhelmingly on social media.)

Advanced Usage

• "tràn vào ào ạt": to pour/swarm in impetuously.
  • Đám đông tràn vào ào ạt. (The crowd poured in impetuously.)
• Often used to describe natural phenomena (wind, water, rain) or large-scale human actions (advances, migrations, market trends) that are forceful and sweeping.

Variants and Related Words

• Ào ào (adj/adv): Similar meaning, often describing a roaring or rushing sound accompanying the forceful action.
  • Lá rơi ào ào. (Leaves fall in a rushing manner.)
• Dồn dập (adj): Successive and rapid, but often in a series of beats or events, whereas implies a more singular, massive surge.

Synonyms

• Mạnh mẽ: powerful, strong.
• Dữ dội: fierce, violent.
• Cuồn cuộn: surging, billowing (often for water or smoke).

Related Idioms

• Ào ạt như nước vỡ bờ: As impetuous as a breached dam; describes an unstoppable, overwhelming force.
  • Làn sóng biểu tình ào ạt như nước vỡ bờ. (The wave of protests was as overwhelming as a breached dam.)

adj

1. Impetuous, vehement
   • tiến quân ào ạt
     to stage an impetuous advance
   • gió thổi ào ạt
     The wind blows impetuously