How do you say “spontaneous” in Vietnamese?

“Spontaneous” in Vietnamese is tự động (automatic), tự phát (spontaneous).

Vietnamese words for “spontaneous”

• tự độngListenadjective
  Hanoi [tɨ˧˨ʔ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tɨ˨˩˨ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩˨]tự heavy động heavy

  automatic; spontaneous

• tự phátListenadjective
  Hanoi [tɨ˧˨ʔ faːt̚˧˦] · Saigon [tɨ˨˩˨ faːk̚˦˥]tự heavy phát rising

  spontaneous; idiopathic

Related Vietnamese words

• ngẫu hứngListenadjective

  improvisation; impromptu

• tự ýListenverb

  to act voluntarily; to act without authorisation; to take upon oneself

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.