How do you say “abbreviate” in Vietnamese?

“Abbreviate” in Vietnamese is rút gọn (to reduce).

Vietnamese words for “abbreviate”

• rút gọnListenverb
  Hanoi [zut̚˧˦ ɣɔn˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ɹʊk͡p̚˦˥ ɣɔŋ˨˩˨]rút rising gọn heavy

  to reduce; to shorten; to abbreviate

  for “abbreviate” meaning: To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Related Vietnamese words

• tóm tắtListenverb

  to summarise; to recapitulate

• thu gọnListenverb

  to put in order; to neatly and tidily arrange; to fix

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.