Definition

1. Verb:
   • To vomit: To forcefully expel the contents of the stomach through the mouth. This is the primary and most common meaning.
   • To regurgitate: To bring swallowed food back into the mouth, often used in a similar sense to vomit but can be less forceful.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đứa bé bị sốt và nôn mửa. (The child had a fever and was vomiting.)
  • Anh ấy cảm thấy buồn nôn và sắp nôn mửa. (He felt nauseous and was about to vomit.)
  • Ăn thức ăn ôi thiu có thể khiến bạn nôn mửa. (Eating spoiled food can make you vomit.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "nôn mửa" is often used in medical or formal contexts to describe the act of vomiting. In everyday, casual speech, the single word "nôn" or "mửa" is more frequently used with the same meaning.

Variants and Related Words

• Nôn (v): to vomit. A more common, shorter form.
  • Tôi muốn nôn. (I want to vomit.)
• Mửa (v): to vomit. Another common, shorter synonym.
  • Con mèo bị mửa. (The cat vomited.)
• Buồn nôn (adj): nauseous, feeling the need to vomit.
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy buồn nôn. (She feels nauseous.)

Synonyms

• Vomit: To eject matter from the stomach through the mouth.
• Throw up: A common informal phrase for vomiting.
• Regurgitate: To bring swallowed food back into the mouth.
• Puke: A very informal synonym for vomit.

Related Idioms

• Nôn mửa ra máu: To vomit blood.
  • Bệnh nhân nôn mửa ra máu là một triệu chứng nghiêm trọng. (A patient vomiting blood is a serious symptom.)
• Nôn mửa tới tấp: To vomit repeatedly and violently.
  • Sau khi uống thuốc, anh ta nôn mửa tới tấp. (After taking the medicine, he vomited repeatedly and violently.)

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