Definition

1. Verb:
   • To turn inside out or upside down: To reverse the position of something so the inner side becomes outer, or the top becomes the bottom.
   • To turn back / to reverse direction: To go back the way one came; to make a U-turn.
   • To mistake / to confuse / to mix up: To incorrectly identify something or someone; to combine things in a disordered way.
   • (Of an animal) to metamorphose / to change form: To transform into a different stage or creature during growth.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to turn inside out):
  • Cô ấy lộn áo len trước khi giặt. (She turns the sweater inside out before washing.)
  • Đứa trẻ lộn ngược trên xà đơn. (The child turns upside down on the horizontal bar.)
• Verb (to turn back):
  • Chúng tôi đi lộn đường nên phải quay lại. (We went the wrong way so we had to turn back.)
• Verb (to mistake/mix up):
  • Tôi xin lỗi, tôi đã lấy lộn sách của bạn. (I'm sorry, I took your book by mistake.)
  • Đừng để lộn hai loại hạt này với nhau. (Don't mix up these two types of nuts.)

Advanced Usage

• "lộn" as an adverb (in reciprocal actions): Used in compound verbs to indicate a mutual or reciprocal action, often translated as "with each other."
  • Hai đứa trẻ đang cãi lộn. (The two children are arguing with each other.)
  • Họ đánh lộn trên sân trường. (They fought with each other on the schoolyard.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lộn xộn (adj): messy, disordered, chaotic.
  • Căn phòng trông rất lộn xộn. (The room looks very messy.)
• Lộn ngược (v): to turn upside down, to invert completely.
• Lộn đường (v): to take the wrong road/path.

Synonyms

• To reverse / to invert: for turning inside out or upside down.
• To return / to double back: for turning back.
• To confuse / to mistake / to mix up: for incorrect identification or combination.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Bóng lộn (adj): glossy, shiny, sleek (often for hair or surfaces).
  • Mái tóc cô ấy bóng lộn. (Her hair is glossy and sleek.)
• Lộn ruột: (literally "to turn one's intestines") to feel a sharp, wrenching pain in the gut, often from emotion or physical distress.
  • Nghe tin đó, tôi đau lòng lộn ruột. (Hearing that news, I felt a wrenching pain in my heart and gut.)

verb

1. to mistake; to confuse; to confound
   • lộn ngày
     to confuse dates. to turn inside out
   • lộn túi anh ra
     turn out your pockets