How do you say “lest” in Vietnamese?

“Lest” in Vietnamese is kẻo (otherwise).

Vietnamese words for “lest”

• kẻoListenconjunction
  Hanoi [kɛw˧˩] · Saigon [kɛw˨˩˦]kẻo dipping

  otherwise; lest

Related Vietnamese words

• đểListenconjunction

  to; in order to; to put

• rằngListenconjunction

  that (introducing a clause)

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.