tổ bố
Definition
- Adjective (slang, vulgar):
- Extremely large, huge, or enormous: Used to emphasize the excessive or surprisingly large size of an object or thing in a crude, informal manner.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ở cái nhà to tổ bố thế mà còn phàn nàn chật chội. (Living in such an enormous house and still complaining it's cramped.)
- Vác một bao to tổ bố. (To carry a huge, oversized sack on one's shoulders.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is considered vulgar and highly informal. It is used for strong, often humorous or critical, emphasis on size and is not suitable for formal or polite contexts.
Variants and Related Words
- To tổ bố (adj phrase): The standard form is almost always used with "to" (big) as "to tổ bố," forming an emphatic adjectival phrase.
- To tướng (adj, informal): very large, bulky (less vulgar alternative).
Synonyms
- Enormous: very large in size.
- Gigantic: of very great size.
- Colossal: extremely large.
- Oversized: larger than the usual size.
Related Idioms
- : (informal) very large and heavy.
- Chiếc tủ to vật ở góc phòng. (The huge, heavy cabinet in the corner of the room.)