How do you say “blame” in Vietnamese?

“Blame” in Vietnamese is lỗi (mistake), trách (to reproach).

Vietnamese words for “blame”

• lỗiListennoun
  Hanoi [loj˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [loj˨˩˦]lỗi creaky rising

  mistake; fault; error

  for “blame” meaning: Censure.

  • Họ đổ lỗi cho George.They blamed the failure on George.
• tráchListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕajk̟̚˧˦] · Saigon [ʈat̚˦˥]trách rising

  to reproach; to blame; to reprove

  • Khi người khác chỉ ra những sai lầm của tôi, tôi tự trách bản thân mình.When other people point out my mistakes, I blame myself.

Related Vietnamese words

• trách nhiệmListennoun

  responsibility or accountability; liability

• đổ thừaListenverb

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.