ba láp

See also: bá láp

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French palabre (“idle talk”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ laːp̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ laːp̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ laːp̚˦˥]

Adjective

ba láp

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) nonsensical; silly; rubbish; of the bollocks; bullshit
    nói toàn chuyện ba láp
    to talk rubbish
    (literally, “to talk entirely a nonsensical story”)

References

  • “ba láp”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
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