Definition

1. Verb:

   • To dazzle: To cause temporary visual impairment or confusion by an intense, sudden light. This is the primary meaning, describing the effect of a bright light on the eyes.
   • To glare: To shine with a harsh, uncomfortably bright light.

2. Adjective (Descriptive Verb):

   • Dazzling: Describing a light source that is intensely and blindingly bright.
   • Glaring: Describing a light that is harsh and strong.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ánh đèn pha ô tô lóa mắt tôi. (The car's headlights dazzled my eyes.)
  • Mặt trời phản chiếu trên mặt nước lóa đến mức không thể nhìn. (The sun reflecting off the water glared so much it was impossible to look.)
• Adjective:
  • Ánh sáng từ màn hình quá lóa. (The light from the screen is too glaring.)
  • Ngọn đèn lóa làm cả căn phòng sáng trưng. (The dazzling lamp made the whole room bright.)

Advanced Usage

• "lóa mắt": This is a very common compound phrase meaning "to dazzle the eyes" or "to be eye-catching/dazzling" in a figurative sense.
  • Vẻ đẹp của cô ấy thực sự lóa mắt. (Her beauty is truly dazzling.)
  • Những món đồ trang sức lấp lánh dưới đèn khiến tôi lóa mắt. (The sparkling jewelry under the lights dazzled me.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chói lóa (adj/verb): Even more intense than "lóa," meaning brilliantly, blindingly bright, or to shine blindingly.
  • Ánh nắng chói lóa trên cát trắng. (The sunlight was blindingly bright on the white sand.)
• Lòa (verb): A common variant spelling with the same meaning (to dazzle). The usage is identical.
  • Bóng đèn bị hư, chớp tắt lòa mắt. (The broken bulb flickered, dazzling the eyes.)

Synonyms

• Dazzle: To blind temporarily with light.
• Glare: To shine with a steady, harsh, blinding light.
• Blind: To deprive of sight, often temporarily by light.

Related Idioms

• While "lóa" itself is not typically the core of many idioms, the phrase "lóa mắt" is used idiomatically.
  • Lóa mắt vì tiền: To be dazzled/blinded by money (to be overly influenced by wealth).

    • Hắn ta lóa mắt vì tiền nên mới phản bội bạn bè. (He was dazzled by money, so he betrayed his friends.)

verb

1. to dazzle
   • lóa mắt
     to dazzle the eyes