How do you say “dress” in Vietnamese?

“Dress” in Vietnamese is ăn mặc (to dress), váy (skirt), bộ đồ (a suit).

Vietnamese words for “dress”

• ăn mặcListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔan˧˧ mak̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔaŋ˧˧ mak̚˨˩˨]ăn level mặc heavy

  to dress

  • Cô ấy lúc nào cũng ăn mặc gọn gàng.She is always neatly dressed.
• váyListennoun
  Hanoi [vaj˧˦] · Saigon [va(ː)j˦˥]váy rising

  skirt; dress

  • Váy dài đang là mốt.Long dresses stayed in fashion.
• bộ đồListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɓo˧˨ʔ ʔɗo˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɓow˨˩˨ ʔɗow˨˩]bộ heavy đồ falling

  a suit; a dress

• y phụcListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔi˧˧ fʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɪj˧˧ fʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]y level phục heavy

  dress; clothes

• trang phụcListennoun
  Hanoi [t͡ɕaːŋ˧˧ fʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʈaːŋ˧˧ fʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]trang level phục heavy

  costume; attire; dress

Related Vietnamese words

• quần áoListennoun

  clothes; clothing

• phục sứcListennoun

  dress; costume

• ăn bậnListenverb

  to dress; to wear clothes

• nêmListennoun

  wedge

• sửa soạnListenverb

  to prepare; to make ready

• mặcListenverb

  to wear or put on

• đầmListennoun

  swamp; lagoon

• băng bóListenverb

  to bandage; to dress wounds

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.