How do you say “scum” in Vietnamese?

“Scum” in Vietnamese is váng (film), cặn bã (scum).

Vietnamese words for “scum”

• vángListennoun
  Hanoi [vaːŋ˧˦] · Saigon [vaːŋ˦˥]váng rising

  film; scum

• cặn bãListennoun
  Hanoi [kan˧˨ʔ ʔɓaː˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [kaŋ˨˩˨ ʔɓaː˨˩˦]cặn heavy bã creaky rising

  scum; dregs; trash

Related Vietnamese words

• bọtListennoun

  foam; froth

• nổiListenverb

  to float; to overfloat

• hớtListenverb

  to tattle; to skim off

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.