How do you say “imprison” in Vietnamese?

“Imprison” in Vietnamese is bỏ tù (to imprison).

Vietnamese words for “imprison”

• bỏ tùListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓɔ˧˩ tu˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɓɔ˨˩˦ tʊw˨˩]bỏ dipping tù falling

  to imprison; incarcerate

  for “imprison” meaning: To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.

Related Vietnamese words

• giamListenverb

  to detain; to imprison

• giam cầmListenverb

  to imprison; confine

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