phớt lờ

Vietnamese

Etymology

phớt (“to brush past”) +‎ lờ (“to ignore”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fəːt̚˧˦ ləː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [fəːk̚˦˧˥ ləː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [fəːk̚˦˥ ləː˨˩]

Verb

phớt lờ

1. (colloquial) to ignore; to turn a deaf ear or blind eye to