cà lăm
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To stammer: To speak with involuntary pauses or repetitions of sounds and syllables, often due to hesitation, nervousness, or a speech impediment.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cậu bé ấy hơi cà lăm khi phát biểu trước đám đông. (That boy stammers a bit when speaking in front of a crowd.)
- Anh ấy cà lăm vì quá hồi hộp. (He stammered because he was too nervous.)
- Một số người có tật cà lăm từ nhỏ. (Some people have had a stammer since childhood.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "cà lăm" can be intensified by the reduplicative form "cà lăm cà lắp", which emphasizes a more severe or pronounced stammer.
- Ông ấy nói cà lăm cà lắp, khó nghe lắm. (He speaks with a heavy stammer; it's very hard to listen to.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nói lắp (v): This is a more formal or standard synonym for "cà lăm," meaning "to stammer" or "to stutter."
- Cô ấy đang tập trị liệu để giảm nói lắp. (She is undergoing therapy to reduce her stammer.)
Synonyms
- Stammer: To speak with sudden, involuntary pauses.
- Stutter: To involuntarily repeat sounds, especially initial consonants (this is a very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "stammer" in English).
Related Idioms
- Cà lăm cà lắp: An idiomatic, reduplicative phrase used to describe speech that is severely halting and broken by frequent stammering.
- Nghe anh ta trình bày cà lăm cà lắp mà sốt ruột. (Listening to him present with such a severe stammer is frustrating.)
verb
- To stammer
- tật cà lămto have a stammer, to speak with a stammer