la mắng
Definition
- Verb:
- To scold, to reprimand, to berate: To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. It implies a raised voice and strong disapproval.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Mẹ tôi thường la mắng khi tôi về nhà muộn. (My mother often scolds me when I come home late.)
- Giáo viên la mắng học sinh vì không làm bài tập. (The teacher reprimanded the students for not doing their homework.)
- Đừng la mắng con trẻ trước mặt người khác. (Don't berate children in front of others.)
Advanced Usage
"La mắng thậm tệ": To scold severely, to give someone a severe telling-off.
- Ông chủ la mắng thậm tệ nhân viên vì sai sót nghiêm trọng. (The boss gave the employee a severe telling-off for the serious mistake.)
"Bị la mắng": To be scolded.
- Đứa trẻ bị la mắng đã khóc. (The child who was scolded cried.)
Variants and Related Words
La (verb): To shout, to yell. Often used alone but can imply scolding depending on context.
- Anh ấy la lên vì tức giận. (He shouted out of anger.)
Mắng (verb): To scold, to chide. Can be used alone and is slightly more formal than "la mắng".
- Bà ấy mắng đứa trẻ hư. (She chided the naughty child.)
Quở trách (verb): To reproach, to admonish. A more formal synonym, focusing on criticism.
- Rầy la (verb): To scold, to rebuke. A close synonym with a similar intensity.
Synonyms
- Trách mắng: To blame and scold.
- Rầy: To scold (common in Southern Vietnamese dialect).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- La mắng om sòm / ầm ĩ: To scold noisily and loudly.
- Hai người hàng xóm la mắng nhau om sòm. (The two neighbors scolded each other noisily.)
Related Idioms
- "Mắng như tát nước vào mặt": To scold someone as if throwing water in their face; to scold very harshly and directly.
- Sếp mắng anh ta như tát nước vào mặt vì lỗi lầm đó. (The boss scolded him very harshly for that mistake.)
verb
-
to scold
