How do you say “weaken” in Vietnamese?

“Weaken” in Vietnamese is ngớt (to weaken).

Vietnamese words for “weaken”

• ngớtListenverb
  Hanoi [ŋəːt̚˧˦] · Saigon [ŋəːk̚˦˥]ngớt rising

  to weaken; to abate; to subside

Related Vietnamese words

• suy yếuListenverb

  to weaken; to decline

• buông lỏngListenverb

  to slacken; loosen; relax

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.