Definition

1. Verb:
   • To recollect, to recall: "nhớ ra" means to suddenly remember something that had been forgotten or to bring a specific piece of information back into one's conscious mind. It implies a moment of realization or retrieval from memory.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi vừa nhớ ra tên của anh ấy. (I just remembered his name.)
  • Cô ấy nhớ ra là đã để chìa khóa ở đâu. (She recalled where she had left the keys.)
  • Anh ấy không thể nhớ ra lời hứa hôm qua. (He couldn't recall the promise from yesterday.)

Advanced Usage

• "bỗng nhớ ra" / "chợt nhớ ra": to suddenly remember/recall.
  • Đang đi đường, tôi bỗng nhớ ra mình quên tắt đèn. (While walking, I suddenly remembered I forgot to turn off the light.)
• "cố nhớ ra": to try hard to remember/recall.
  • Tôi đang cố nhớ ra chi tiết của sự việc. (I am trying hard to recall the details of the incident.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhớ (v): to remember. This is the base verb, while "nhớ ra" emphasizes the act of retrieving a specific, often momentarily forgotten, memory.
• Hồi tưởng (v): to reminisce, to recollect (often used for longer memories or narratives).
• Nhận ra (v): to realize, to recognize (often involves perception or understanding, not just memory).

Synonyms

• Nhận lại được từ trí nhớ: to retrieve from memory.
• Nghĩ lại được: to think of again.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a verb phrase itself, "nhớ ra" functions similarly to a phrasal verb. Compound structures are formed by adding adverbs or objects. - Nhớ ra được: to be able to remember/recall (adds a sense of successful retrieval). - Cuối cùng tôi cũng nhớ ra được mật khẩu. (I finally managed to recall the password.)

Related Idioms

• Nhớ ra như in: to remember/recall vividly, as if printed in the mind.
  • Tôi nhớ ra khuôn mặt hắn như in. (I recall his face as clearly as if it were printed.)
• Nhớ ra mới biết: an expression used when a realization upon remembering leads to new understanding.
  • Nhớ ra mới biết hôm nay là sinh nhật bạn. (Now that I remember, I realize today is your birthday.)

1. Recollect, recall
   • Nhớ ra điều gì
     To recall something