How do you say “reptile” in Vietnamese?

“Reptile” in Vietnamese is bò sát (a reptile).

Vietnamese words for “reptile”

• bò sátListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɓɔ˨˩ saːt̚˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɓɔ˨˩ ʂaːk̚˦˥]bò falling sát rising

  a reptile

  for “reptile” meaning: A (typically scaly and egg-laying) cold-blooded vertebrate tetrapod animal, of the class Reptilia (excluding birds), such as a lizard, turtle, snake, crocodile, alligator, etc.

  • Cự đà là bò sát.Iguanas are reptiles.

Related Vietnamese words

• bòListenverb

  to creep; to crawl

• hèn hạListenadjective

  vile; base; mean

• đê tiệnListenadjective

  lowly and pathetic; having no class; horrendously depraved

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.