pretty

S1 W1

in Vietnamese Đẹp, xinh đẹp nhưng không quá tuyệt vời

BrE /ˈprɪti/ AmE /ˈprɪti/

adjective en → vi

1 APPEARANCE [predicative] A2

Đẹp, xinh đẹp nhưng không quá tuyệt vời

attractive in appearance but not extremely beautiful

  • pretty + adj

Collocations pretty girl · pretty flowers

  • She's pretty, but not as beautiful as her sister.

    Cô ấy rất xinh đẹp, nhưng không bằng em gái của cô.

2 QUANTITATIVE [quantitative] B1

Khá, tương đối

used to emphasize how large or small a number is

  • pretty + adj

Collocations pretty good · pretty expensive

  • It's pretty far from here.

    Nó khá xa từ đây.

3 QUALITY [qualitative] B1

Tốt, nhưng không hoàn hảo

used to describe something that is good but not perfect or excellent

  • pretty + adj

Collocations pretty good idea · pretty nice place

  • It's a pretty good movie.

    Đó là một bộ phim khá hay.

4 TIME [temporal] B1

Không lâu, sắp tới

used to say that something happened not long ago or will happen soon

  • pretty + time expression

Collocations pretty soon · pretty recently

  • We'll be there pretty soon.

    Chúng tôi sẽ đến đó không lâu.

5 EXTENT [extent] B1

Tương đối đúng hoặc không hoàn toàn

used to say that something is true or not true in a general way, but not completely

  • pretty + adj

Collocations pretty sure · pretty much

  • I'm pretty sure I locked the door.

    Tôi khá chắc chắn rằng tôi đã khóa cửa.