# bóng đá meaning in Vietnamese: football (A1)

> bóng đá means “football, soccer” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/bong-da/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**bóng đá**: football

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: bong da

## 1. football (noun)

football, soccer

The name of the sport, on TV and in the news; in Saigon, playing it is *đá banh*.

- Saigon: Anh có thích coi bóng đá không? | Hà Nội: Anh có thích xem bóng đá không? — Do you like watching soccer?
- Tối nay có bóng đá trên ti vi. — There's soccer on TV tonight.

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