Definition

1. Verb:
   • To shout angrily; to yell; to bark: To raise one's voice loudly and harshly, often in anger, to scold, or to give a command.
   • To roar; to bellow: To utter a loud, forceful cry, typically expressing strong emotion like fury or authority.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy quát lên vì tức giận. (He shouted out in anger.)
  • Giám đốc quát nhân viên vì lỗi sai. (The director yelled at the employee for the mistake.)
  • "Ra ngoài ngay!" - ông ấy quát. ("Get out now!" - he barked.)

Advanced Usage

• "quát tháo": to shout and scold noisily and continuously.
  • Anh ta suốt ngày quát tháo vợ con. (He is always shouting and scolding his wife and children.)
• "quát nạt": to intimidate or bully someone by shouting.
  • Không nên quát nạt trẻ em. (You shouldn't browbeat children by shouting.)
• "quát ầm lên": to shout/bluster very loudly, causing an uproar.
  • Ông chủ quát ầm lên khi thấy báo cáo. (The boss stormed blusteringly when he saw the report.)

Variants and Related Words

• Quát mắng (verb phrase): to shout and reprimand.
  • Cô giáo quát mắng học sinh mất trật tự. (The teacher scolded the noisy student.)
• La quát (verb): to yell and shout (often used together for emphasis).
  • Đừng la quát ở nơi công cộng. (Don't yell and shout in public.)

Synonyms

• Gào (verb): to howl, to roar (often with more raw emotion).
• Thét (verb): to shriek, to scream (can be sharp and piercing).
• Hét (verb): to scream, to shout (general term for a loud cry).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Quát vào mặt (ai): to shout in someone's face.
  • Anh ta tức giận quát vào mặt đối thủ. (He was angry and shouted in his opponent's face.)
• Quát lên: to shout out (suddenly).
  • Nghe tin đó, bà ấy quát lên kinh ngạc. (Hearing that news, she shouted out in astonishment.)

Related Idioms

• Quát như tát nước vào mặt: (Lit. to shout as if splashing water on someone's face) To shout very harshly and insultingly at someone.
  • Bị quát như tát nước vào mặt, anh ta đỏ mặt tía tai. (Being shouted at so harshly, he turned red with embarrassment and anger.)
• Quát để ra oai: to shout to show one's authority/to throw one's weight around.
  • Ông ấy chỉ biết quát để ra oai với cấp dưới. (He only knows how to shout to assert his authority over his subordinates.)

verb

1. to shout; to storm
   • quát ầm lên
     to storm blusteringly