How do you say “neglect” in Vietnamese?

“Neglect” in Vietnamese is bỏ mặc (to abandon), bỏ bê (to neglect).

Vietnamese words for “neglect”

• bỏ mặcListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓɔ˧˩ mak̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɓɔ˨˩˦ mak̚˨˩˨]bỏ dipping mặc heavy

  to abandon; to neglect

  for “neglect” meaning: To fail to care for or attend to something.

• bỏ bêListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓɔ˧˩ ʔɓe˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɓɔ˨˩˦ ʔɓej˧˧]bỏ dipping bê level

  to neglect; to ignore

Related Vietnamese words

• chểnh mảngListenverb

  to neglect; to shirk; to slack off

• hắt hủiListenverb

  to treat badly; to neglect; to spurn

• lãng quênListenverb

  to forget; to neglect; to be oblivious

• làListenverb

  to be (is, am, are)

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.