How do you say “pretense” in Vietnamese?

“Pretense” in Vietnamese is giả tạo (fake).

Vietnamese words for “pretense”

• giả tạoListenadjective
  Hanoi [zaː˧˩ taːw˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [jaː˨˩˦ taːw˨˩˨]giả dipping tạo heavy

  fake; artificial; affected

  for “pretense” meaning: The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.

Related Vietnamese words

• chiêu bàiListennoun

  a signboard; label; trademark

• cớListennoun

  reason; excuse; pretext

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.