How do you say “as if” in Vietnamese?

“As if” in Vietnamese is tựa hồ (seemingly), như thể (as if).

Vietnamese words for “as if”

• tựa hồListenadverb
  Hanoi [tɨə˧˨ʔ ho˨˩] · Saigon [tɨə˨˩˨ how˨˩]tựa heavy hồ falling

  seemingly; as if

  for “as if” meaning: As though; in a manner suggesting.

• như thểListenconjunction
  Hanoi [ɲɨ˧˧ tʰe˧˩] · Saigon [ɲɨ˧˧ tʰej˨˩˦]như level thể dipping

  as if

  • Bạn nói như thể bạn đã biết mọi thứ.You talk as if you knew everything.

Related Vietnamese words

• tự-hồListenadverb

  seemingly; as if

• tựaListenparticle

  to lean

• cầm bằngListenconjunction

  what if; what about if

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.