How do you say “scab” in Vietnamese?

“Scab” in Vietnamese is vảy (scales).

Vietnamese words for “scab”

• vảyListennoun
  Hanoi [vaj˧˩] · Saigon [va(ː)j˨˩˦]vảy dipping

  scales

  for “scab” meaning: An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.

Related Vietnamese words

• ghẻListennoun

  scabies; scab

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