How do you say “ostentatious” in Vietnamese?

“Ostentatious” in Vietnamese is khoe khoang (to boast), phô trương (to display).

Vietnamese words for “ostentatious”

• khoe khoangListenverb
  Hanoi [xwɛ˧˧ xwaːŋ˧˧] · Saigon [kʰwɛ˧˧ kʰwaːŋ˧˧]khoe level khoang level

  to boast; to brag; to be boastful

  for “ostentatious” meaning: Intended to attract notice.

• phô trươngListenverb
  Hanoi [fo˧˧ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˧] · Saigon [fow˧˧ ʈɨəŋ˧˧]phô level trương level

  to display; to show off

  for “ostentatious” meaning: Intended to attract notice.

Related Vietnamese words

• rình rangListenadjective

  ostentatious

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.