How do you say “offend” in Vietnamese?

“Offend” in Vietnamese is xúc phạm (to offend), tấn công (to attack).

Vietnamese words for “offend”

• xúc phạmListenverb
  Hanoi [sʊwk͡p̚˧˦ faːm˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [sʊwk͡p̚˦˥ faːm˨˩˨]xúc rising phạm heavy

  to offend; to derogate; to hurt

  for “offend” meaning: To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

  • Tôi đã bị xúc phạm.I was offended.
• tấn côngListenverb
  Hanoi [tən˧˦ kəwŋ͡m˧˧] · Saigon [təŋ˦˥ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]tấn rising công level

  to attack; to offend

Related Vietnamese words

• phạm tộiListenadjective

  guilty; culpable

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.