How do you say “unfamiliar” in Vietnamese?

“Unfamiliar” in Vietnamese is lạ (strange), xa lạ (strange).

Vietnamese words for “unfamiliar”

• lạListenadjective
  Hanoi [laː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [laː˨˩˨]lạ heavy

  strange; unfamiliar

• xa lạListenadjective
  Hanoi [saː˧˧ laː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [saː˧˧ laː˨˩˨]xa level lạ heavy

  strange; unfamiliar; unknown

Related Vietnamese words

• là lạListenadjective

  strange; unfamiliar

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.