How do you say “pirate” in Vietnamese?

“Pirate” in Vietnamese is cướp biển (a pirate), hải tặc (pirate).

Vietnamese words for “pirate”

• cướp biểnListennoun
  Hanoi [kɨəp̚˧˦ ʔɓiən˧˩] · Saigon [kɨəp̚˦˥ ʔɓiəŋ˨˩˦]cướp rising biển dipping

  a pirate

  for “pirate” meaning: A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

• hải tặcListennoun
  Hanoi [haːj˧˩ tak̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [haːj˨˩˦ tak̚˨˩˨]hải dipping tặc heavy

  pirate

  for “pirate” meaning: A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

Related Vietnamese words

• chùaListenadjective

  Buddhist or Hindu temple

• ăn cướpListenverb

  to rob; to burgle

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.