How do you say “repress” in Vietnamese?

“Repress” in Vietnamese is đàn áp (to suppress).

Vietnamese words for “repress”

• đàn ápListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗaːn˨˩ ʔaːp̚˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗaːŋ˨˩ ʔaːp̚˦˥]đàn falling áp rising

  to suppress; to repress; to oppress

  for “repress” meaning: To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.

Related Vietnamese words

• bóp chẹtListenverb

  to repress; to impair; to hinder

• ức chếListenverb

  to inhibit; to suppress; to repress

• nuốtListenverb

  to swallow; to repress; to check

• dằnListenverb

  to press; to press under

• dẹpListenverb

  to make something go away; out of sight; out of mind

• nénListenverb

  to press; to compress; to squeeze

• trấn ápListenverb

  to suppress; to subdue

• kiềm chếListenverb

  to restrain; to control

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.