How do you say “excuse” in Vietnamese?

“Excuse” in Vietnamese is cớ (reason).

Vietnamese words for “excuse”

• cớListennoun
  Hanoi [kəː˧˦] · Saigon [kəː˦˥]cớ rising

  reason; excuse; pretext

  for “excuse” meaning: An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.

Related Vietnamese words

• lý doListennoun

  a reason; an excuse

• lí doListennoun

  a reason; an excuse

• bào chữaListenverb

  to defend

• thứ lỗiListenverb

  to forgive

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.