Definition

1. Verb:
   • To be satisfied, to be contented: To reach a state of complete contentment or fulfillment when a desire, wish, or expectation is met exactly as hoped for or yearned for.
   • To be sated: To be fully gratified, especially in terms of an appetite or emotional need.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy đã thỏa ước mơ du lịch vòng quanh thế giới. (He fulfilled his dream of traveling around the world.)
  • Cô ấy ăn một bát phở lớn cho thỏa cơn đói. (She ate a large bowl of pho to sate her hunger.)
  • Chúng tôi chơi vài ngày ở biển cho thỏa. (We played at the beach for a few days to our heart's content.)

Advanced Usage

• "thỏa lòng": to satisfy one's heart/mind, to be content.
  • Cuối cùng anh ta cũng thỏa lòng mong đợi. (Finally, he was satisfied as he had hoped.)
• "thỏa mãn": to satisfy, to fulfill (a need, condition). (Note: This is a compound word listed separately).
• "thỏa thuận": to agree upon, to reach an agreement. (Note: This is a compound word listed separately).
• "cho thỏa": (do something) to the full, to one's satisfaction.
  • Tôi phải hỏi cho thỏa trí tò mò. (I have to ask to fully satisfy my curiosity.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thỏa đáng (adj): Adequate, satisfactory, sufficient.
  • Lời giải thích của anh ấy rất thỏa đáng. (His explanation was very satisfactory.)
• Thỏa hiệp (verb): To compromise.
  • Hai bên đã thỏa hiệp để ký hợp đồng. (The two sides compromised to sign the contract.)
• Thỏa mãn (verb): To satisfy, to fulfill.
  • Sản phẩm này thỏa mãn nhu cầu của khách hàng. (This product satisfies customer needs.)
• Thỏa thuận (noun/verb): Agreement / to agree.
  • Chúng tôi đã đạt được một thỏa thuận. (We have reached an agreement.)

Synonyms

• Mãn nguyện: To be fully satisfied, contented.
• Hài lòng: To be pleased, satisfied.
• Đã: (colloquial) To be sated, to have had enough (often for physical needs like hunger).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Làm cho thỏa: To do something to the point of satisfaction.
  • Anh ấy đọc cuốn sách làm cho thỏa. (He read the book until he was satisfied.)

Related Idioms

• "Được vậy thì có chết cũng thỏa": (If I could get that,) I would die content. / I would be perfectly satisfied even if I died.
  • This idiom expresses an extremely strong desire or wish, implying that fulfillment would bring ultimate contentment, worth any cost.
• "Thỏa chí tang bồng": To satisfy one's adventurous or heroic aspirations (a literary idiom).
  • Chuyến phiêu lưu ấy thỏa chí tang bồng của chàng trai trẻ. (That adventure satisfied the heroic aspirations of the young man.)

verb

1. to be sateated, to be satisfied