How do you say “absent” in Vietnamese?

“Absent” in Vietnamese is vắng mặt (to be absent), lơ đãng (lacking attention).

Vietnamese words for “absent”

• vắng mặtListenverb
  Hanoi [vaŋ˧˦ mat̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [vaŋ˦˥ mak̚˨˩˨]vắng rising mặt heavy

  to be absent

  for “absent” meaning: Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.

  • Yanni vắng mặt.Yanni was absent.
• lơ đãngListenadjective
  Hanoi [ləː˧˧ ʔɗaːŋ˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [ləː˧˧ ʔɗaːŋ˨˩˦]lơ level đãng creaky rising

  lacking attention

  for “absent” meaning: Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.

Related Vietnamese words

• vắngListenadjective

  deserted; desolate

• đi vắngListenverb

  to be absent or away

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.