How do you say “sponge” in Vietnamese?

“Sponge” in Vietnamese is bọt biển (sponge).

Vietnamese words for “sponge”

• bọt biểnListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɓɔt̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓiən˧˩] · Saigon [ʔɓɔk̚˨˩˨ ʔɓiəŋ˨˩˦]bọt heavy biển dipping

  sponge

  for “sponge” meaning: Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

  • Tom bóp chặt miếng bọt biển.Tom squeezed the sponge.

Related Vietnamese words

• chôm chômListennoun

  rambutan; sponge

• mútListennoun

  to suck; compare hút

• vọListenverb

  kind of owl

• lauListennoun

  reed; arundinaceous cane

• xoáListenverb

  to efface; to rub out; to erase

• tẩyListenverb

  to bleach; to clean; to wipe or rub off

• chùiListenverb

  to wipe; to scour; to cleanse

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.