ề à

Thân thiện

Người ấy cứ ề à mãi khi mọi người đã sẵn sàng để đi.

Definition

Verb: - To drawl out, to hum and haw: To speak slowly, prolonging sounds or syllables, often with hesitation or reluctance. It describes a manner of speaking that is unhurried, sometimes to the point of being sluggish or evasive.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy cứ ề à mãi không chịu trả lời thẳng câu hỏi. (He just kept humming and hawing, refusing to answer the question directly.)
  • Đừng có ề à nữa, chúng ta sắp muộn giờ rồi. (Stop dragging it out; we're going to be late.)
  • Cô ấy ề à kể chuyện, làm mọi người sốt ruột. (She drawled out the story, making everyone impatient.)

Advanced Usage

• "Nói ề à": This is the most common collocation, meaning "to speak in a drawling, hesitant manner."
  • Thằng bé hay nói ề à mỗi khi bị mẹ hỏi về bài tập. (The boy often speaks with a drawl whenever his mother asks him about his homework.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ề à ề ạ (reduplicative form): An intensified form emphasizing a very slow, dragging, and hesitant manner of speech or action.
  • Cứ ề à ề ạ thế này thì bao giờ mới xong? (If we keep dawdling like this, when will we ever finish?)

Synonyms

• Lần khân: To procrastinate, to delay.
• Chần chừ: To hesitate, to be indecisive.
• Dềnh dàng: To be slow, to dawdle (often referring to action).

Notes on Different Meanings

The word "ề à" is primarily used as a verb to describe a specific, slow manner of speech. It does not have significantly different meanings as a noun or adjective. Its core meaning revolves around verbal hesitation and drawn-out delivery.

Học thuật

verb

1. to drawl out, to hum and haw