đâm ra

Vietnamese

Etymology

đâm (“to turn into, to become”) +‎ ra (“to turn into, to become”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəm˧˧ zaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəm˧˧ ʐaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəm˧˧ ɹaː˧˧]

Verb

đâm ra

  1. (colloquial) to turn into (usually something bad or worse), to become
    • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, “Thương quá rau răm”, in Cánh đồng bất tận, NXB Trẻ:
      […] tươi rói bảo, trời đất ơi, thuốc chú mày quá chừng hay. Văn đâm ra lạ.
      […] fresh as a daisy he said, "Good heavens, your medicine is so good!" Văn started to find it strange.
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