Vomiting
Definition
The act of vomiting (throwing up) and its result, used as an archaic or regional phonetic variant for the verbal noun 'borâre'; the physiological process of violently and involuntarily expelling gastric contents through the oral cavity; (figurative, pejorative) the act of spewing insults, vulgarities, or heavy words in an uncontrolled manner.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Vomiting
- Spewing
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine verbal noun taking standard historical plural inflections in '-ri' and regular case endings. |
| Formation | Verbal noun created through the long infinitive form of the fourth conjugation dialectal verb 'a abori'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.bo.ˈri.re] |
| Source | Glossary of Archaic Forms and Regional Dialects |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Doctorul de la sat nota în jurnalul său că acea aborire continuă a pacientului era semnul unei otrăviri cu ciuperci sălbatice.
EN: The village doctor noted in his journal that the patient's continuous vomiting was the sign of a wild mushroom poisoning.
RO: Din spatele crâșmei se auzea o aborire zgomotoasă, semn că unii mușterii întrecuseră măsura cu rachiul cel prost.
EN: From behind the tavern, a loud throwing up could be heard, a sign that some customers had gone too far with the bad brandy.
RO: O asemenea aborire de ocări la adresa judecătorului nu a făcut decât să îi înăsprească pedeapsa osânditului.
EN: Such a spewing of insults at the judge only served to harshen the condemned man's punishment.
Idioms & Phrases
Stare de aborire / State of nausea / Retching condition
RO: Formulă populară veche ce descrie criza acută de greață și spasmele stomacale dinaintea eliminării efective a hranei.
EN: Old popular phrase describing the acute crisis of nausea and stomach spasms prior to the actual expulsion of food.
Aborire de mânie / Spewing of wrath / Outburst of rage
RO: Metaforă peiorativă utilizată pentru a descrie un discurs violent, plin de ură și cuvinte murdare aruncate asupra cuiva.
EN: Peiorative metaphor used to describe a violent speech, full of hatred and dirty words thrown at someone.
Până la aborire / To the point of vomiting / Ad nauseam
RO: Locuțiune adverbială regională folosită pentru a exprima un exces alimentar ori bahic extrem, sau un dezgust spiritual insuportabil.
EN: Regional adverbial phrase used to express extreme food or alcohol excess, or an unbearable spiritual disgust.
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