Definition

1. Verb:
   • To vomit; to spew up (food): The act of involuntarily expelling the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
   • To spew forth (figuratively): Used metaphorically to describe something being expelled or emitted forcefully or in a manner reminiscent of vomiting.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đứa bé bị say xe và đã mửa ra ngoài cửa sổ. (The child got carsick and vomited out the window.)
  • Anh ấy cảm thấy buồn nôn và sắp mửa. (He feels nauseous and is about to vomit.)
  • Núi lửa mửa ra dung nham và tro bụi. (The volcano spewed forth lava and ash.)

Advanced Usage

• "mửa mật" (literally: to vomit bile): To be extremely disgusted or nauseated, often used figuratively.
  • Nghe tin đó, tôi tức đến mức muốn mửa mật. (Hearing that news, I was so angry I felt like vomiting bile.)
• "mửa ra": To vomit out; can be used literally or figuratively for revealing something unpleasant.
  • Hắn ta mửa ra tất cả bí mật dưới áp lực. (He vomited out all the secrets under pressure.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nôn (verb): A more common and slightly more formal synonym for "to vomit."
  • Bệnh nhân có triệu chứng buồn nôn và nôn. (The patient has symptoms of nausea and vomiting.)
• Ọe (verb): To retch; to make the sound and motion of vomiting, often without expelling much.
  • Ngửi mùi đó, nó chỉ ọe ra nước dãi. (Smelling that odor, he just retched and drooled.)
• Thổ (verb): A literary or formal term for "to vomit."
• Mửa mật xanh mật vàng (idiomatic expression): To be extremely angry or disgusted (literally: to vomit green and yellow bile).

Synonyms

• Nôn (ra): To vomit.
• Thổ (ra): To vomit (more formal/literary).
• Ọe: To retch, to gag.

Related Idioms

• "Làm như mèo mửa": To do something carelessly, hastily, and poorly; to botch a job (literally: to do [something] like a cat vomiting).
  • Bài tập này cậu làm như mèo mửa, toàn lỗi. (You did this homework like a cat vomiting, it's full of mistakes.)

verb

1. to vomit; to spew up (food)