làm ra vẻ

Vietnamese

Etymology

làm (“to do, to make”) +‎ ra vẻ.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːm˨˩ zaː˧˧ vɛ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːm˦˩ ʐaː˧˧ vɛ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [laːm˨˩ ɹaː˧˧ vɛ˨˩˦] ~ [laːm˨˩ ɹaː˧˧ jɛ˨˩˦]

Verb

làm ra vẻ

1. (transitive) to pretend; to disguise; to do as if