No. 363 in Vietnamese
cà
The Vietnamese word "cà" can mean "eggplant" or "to tease/joke," depending on the context.
In a sentence
Tôi ăn một quả cà chua vào bữa sáng.
I ate a tomato for breakfast.
Here, 'cà' refers to 'tomato', which is a concrete noun.
Anh ấy cứ cà bàn chân vào nhau khi nói chuyện.
He kept fidgeting by rubbing his feet together while talking.
In this sentence, 'cà' is used as a verb meaning 'to rub' or 'to scrape'.
Cái này bị cà sát nhiều, nên đã mòn đi.
This has been scraped a lot, so it has worn down.
Here, 'cà' implies the action of scraping, showing its use as a descriptive verb.
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