How do you say “scream” in Vietnamese?

“Scream” in Vietnamese is hét (to shout), gào (to scream), hô (to cry).

Vietnamese words for “scream”

• hétListenverb
  Hanoi [hɛt̚˧˦] · Saigon [hɛk̚˦˥]hét rising

  to shout; to scream

  • Tôi gào hét.I screamed.
• gàoListenverb
  Hanoi [ɣaːw˨˩] · Saigon [ɣaːw˨˩]gào falling

  to scream

  • Tôi gào hét.I screamed.
• hôListennoun
  Hanoi [ho˧˧] · Saigon [how˧˧]hô level

  to cry; to scream

Related Vietnamese words

• gấu óListenverb

  to scream

• la hétListenverb

  to scream; to shout

• rúListenverb

  forest; woods

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.