How do you say “violate” in Vietnamese?

“Violate” in Vietnamese is xâm-phạm (to intrude), vi phạm (to violate).

Vietnamese words for “violate”

• xâm-phạmListenverb
  Hanoi [səm˧˧ faːm˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [səm˧˧ faːm˨˩˨]

  to intrude; to infringe; to violate

  for “violate” meaning: To break or disregard (a rule or convention).

• vi phạmListenverb
  Hanoi [vi˧˧ faːm˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [vɪj˧˧ faːm˨˩˨]vi level phạm heavy

  to violate; to break

  • Bush chưa từng vi phạm Công ước Geneva.Bush never violated the Geneva Convention.

Related Vietnamese words

• hiếpListenverb

  to coerce; to oppress; to violate

• hãm hiếpListenverb

  to rape

• phạm tộiListenadjective

  guilty; culpable

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.