How do you say “interrupt” in Vietnamese?

“Interrupt” in Vietnamese is ngắt lời (to interrupt), cắt ngang (to interrupt).

Vietnamese words for “interrupt”

• ngắt lờiListenverb
  Hanoi [ŋat̚˧˦ ləːj˨˩] · Saigon [ŋak̚˦˥ ləːj˨˩]ngắt rising lời falling

  to interrupt

  • Tôi vừa định giải thích thì cô ấy ngắt lời tôi.I was just about to explain when she interrupted me.
• cắt ngangListenverb
  Hanoi [kat̚˧˦ ŋaːŋ˧˧] · Saigon [kak̚˦˥ ŋaːŋ˧˧]cắt rising ngang level

  to interrupt

  • Đừng cắt ngang người khác khi họ đang nói.Don't interrupt people when they're talking.

Related Vietnamese words

• chêmListenverb

  to wedge; to interject; to interrupt

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.