ความหลงใหล(kwaam lŏng lăi)

Meanings

1NounB2

passion; deep enthusiasm

a strong, abiding love, enthusiasm, or dedication toward something

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความหลงใหลkwaam lŏng lăiความหลงใหลkwaam lŏng lăi1passion; deep enthusiasm2infatuation; fascinationในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)การทำอาหารgaan tam aa-hăanการทำอาหารgaan tam aa-hăan1cooking; food preparation2culinary arts; cookeryจึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]เวลาว่างway-laa wâangเวลาว่างway-laa wâangfree time; leisure timeส่วนใหญ่sùuan yàiส่วนใหญ่sùuan yài1the majority; most2most (of); the majority of3mostly; mainly; largelyในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ห้องครัวhông kruuaห้องครัวhông kruuakitchen
He has a passion for cooking, so he spends most of his free time in the kitchen.
2NounC1

infatuation; fascination

an intense, often absorbing attraction or captivation, sometimes short-lived or irrational

Examples

ความหลงใหลkwaam lŏng lăiความหลงใหลkwaam lŏng lăi1passion; deep enthusiasm2infatuation; fascinationที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoต่อdtòต่อdtò1[to] bargain; haggle2per; each (rate/unit)3[to] continue; go on4subsequently; then (adverbial sequence)5[to] connect; attach; join6next; following; subsequentดาราdaa-raaดาราdaa-raa1celebrity; star (entertainment)2star (astronomy) [formal/lit.]สาวsăaoสาวsăao1young woman; girl2classifier: young women3young; youthful (female)4[to] reel; wind; draw inคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)ความรู้สึกkwaam róo-sèukความรู้สึกkwaam róo-sèuk1feeling; emotion2sensation; sensory feeling3intuition; hunch4sentiment; attitudeชั่ววูบchûua wôopชั่ววูบchûua wôop1momentarily; for an instant2momentary; fleeting3a brief moment; instantของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsวัยรุ่นwai rûnวัยรุ่นwai rûn1teenager; youth (person/people)2adolescence; the teenage years3teenage; for teens; youthful
The infatuation he had for that actress was just a fleeting teenage feeling.

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Word Breakdown

ความkwaamความkwaam1abstract noun prefix2fact; matter; affair (formal)Part 1
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หลงใหลlŏng lăiหลงใหลlŏng lăibe enamored; be captivated; be infatuatedPart 2
ความหลงใหลkwaam lŏng lăiความหลงใหลkwaam lŏng lăipassion; deep enthusiasm