How do you say “distort” in Vietnamese?

“Distort” in Vietnamese is bóp méo (to distort), xuyên tạc (to misrepresent).

Vietnamese words for “distort”

• bóp méoListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓɔp̚˧˦ mɛw˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɓɔp̚˦˥ mɛw˦˥]bóp rising méo rising

  to distort; misrepresent

• xuyên tạcListenverb
  Hanoi [swiən˧˧ taːk̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [s⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˧˧ taːk̚˨˩˨]xuyên level tạc heavy

  to misrepresent; to distort; to twist

Related Vietnamese words

• biến dạngListenverb

  to deform; to distort

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.