How do you say “explode” in Vietnamese?

“Explode” in Vietnamese is nổ (to explode).

Vietnamese words for “explode”

• nổListenverb
  Hanoi [no˧˩] · Saigon [now˨˩˦]nổ dipping

  to explode; to burst

  for “explode” meaning: To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.

  • Nó có thể nổ.It might explode.

Related Vietnamese words

• bùng nổListenverb

  to explode; to break out

• bộc phátListenverb

  to break out; explode; burst out

• phát nổListenverb

  to detonate; to explode

• đập tanListenverb

  to break; to smash

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.