cà

cà

The Vietnamese word "cà" can mean "eggplant" or "to tease/joke," depending on the context.

Here, 'cà' refers to 'tomato', which is a concrete noun.

Tôi ăn một quả cà chua vào bữa sáng.

I ate a tomato for breakfast.

Here, 'cà' implies the action of scraping, showing its use as a descriptive verb.

Cái này bị cà sát nhiều, nên đã mòn đi.

This has been scraped a lot, so it has worn down.

In this sentence, 'cà' is used as a verb meaning 'to rub' or 'to scrape'.

Anh ấy cứ cà bàn chân vào nhau khi nói chuyện.

He kept fidgeting by rubbing his feet together while talking.