lảm nhảm

Một người say rượu ngồi lảm nhảm một mình ở quán bar.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To ramble, to babble, to talk nonsense: To speak continuously and incoherently, often in a way that is difficult to understand or seems meaningless, like someone who is delirious, drunk, or not in full control of their faculties.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông ấy say rượu và bắt đầu lảm nhảm. (He was drunk and started to ramble/babble.)
  • Đừng có lảm nhảm nữa, tôi không hiểu anh đang nói gì. (Stop talking nonsense, I don't understand what you're saying.)
  • Bà cụ thỉnh thoảng lại ngồi một mình lảm nhảm. (The old woman sometimes sits alone, muttering to herself.)

Advanced Usage

• "lảm nhảm hết chuyện này đến chuyện khác": to ramble on from one topic to another.

  • Anh ta ngồi đó lảm nhảm hết chuyện này đến chuyện khác. (He sat there rambling on from one topic to another.)

• "lảm nhảm cả ngày": to babble all day long.

  • Đứa trẻ mới biết nói thích lảm nhảm cả ngày. (The toddler likes to babble all day long.)

Variants and Related Words

• Làm nhàm (verb): An older or variant form with the same meaning as "lảm nhảm".
• Nhảm nhí (adj): Nonsensical, silly (describes the content of speech). (a nonsensical story).
• Lầm bầm (verb): To mumble, to mutter (often in a low, grumbling voice, not necessarily incoherent).

Synonyms

• Nói nhảm: to talk nonsense.
• Ba hoa: to boast, to talk big (can overlap with talking nonsense in a boastful way).
• Nói sảng: to talk deliriously, to rave (often due to fever or illness).

Related Phrases / Idioms

• "Say lảm nhảm": to be drunk and babble.

  • Anh ấy vừa uống hai ly đã say lảm nhảm. (He had just two drinks and was already drunk and babbling.)

• "Lảm nhảm như người mất trí": to babble like a madperson.

  • Cô ấy sốc nặng sau tai nạn, thỉnh thoảng lại lảm nhảm như người mất trí. (She was severely shocked after the accident and occasionally babbled like a madperson.)