คาดเดา(kâat dao)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] guess; [to] speculate

to form an opinion or estimate without certain proof; to infer based on limited information

Examples

ฝนมืดfŏn mêuutฝนมืดfŏn mêuut1rain under dark, gloomy skies2dark, threatening raincloudsมาแล้วmaa láewมาแล้วmaa láew[sb/sth] has arrived; is here; here it comes!ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)คาดเดาkâat daoคาดเดาkâat dao1[to] guess; [to] speculate2[to] conjecture; [to] surmiseว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmed8[to] drop; decline; decreaseตอนเย็นdton yenตอนเย็นdton yen1evening; early evening2in the evening
Dark clouds are coming; I guess it will rain in the evening.
2VerbB2

[to] conjecture; [to] surmise

to propose an explanation or outcome that may be plausible but is not verified

Examples

เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)คาดเดาkâat daoคาดเดาkâat dao1[to] guess; [to] speculate2[to] conjecture; [to] surmiseว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeสาเหตุsăa-hètสาเหตุsăa-hètcause; reasonที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotรถติดrót dtìtรถติดrót dtìt1traffic jam; congestion2[to] have heavy traffic; be congestedอาจàatอาจàat1may; might (possibility)2possibly; perhaps3able; capable (literary/formal)เป็นเพราะbpen prórเป็นเพราะbpen prór1[it's] because; since2because of; due to [sth]มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoอุบัติเหตุù-bàt-dtì-hètอุบัติเหตุù-bàt-dtì-hètaccident; mishapแต่ยังdtàe yangแต่ยังdtàe yangbut still; yetไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockการยืนยันgaan yeun-yanการยืนยันgaan yeun-yan1confirmation; verification2affirmation; assertion3authentication (identity/account)
We propose that the cause of the traffic jam might be an accident, but it's not confirmed.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

เดาdaoเดาdao[to] guess; speculate

[to] guess; speculate

เก็งgengเก็งgeng1[to] speculate; predict; guess2[to] cram by predicting topics
  • [to] speculate; predict; guess
  • [to] cram by predicting topics
ประมาณการbprà-maan gaanประมาณการbprà-maan gaan1[to] estimate; project2estimate; estimation; projection
  • [to] estimate; project
  • estimate; estimation; projection
คาดการณ์kâat gaanคาดการณ์kâat gaan1[to] forecast; predict; anticipate2forecast; prediction; projection
  • [to] forecast; predict; anticipate
  • forecast; prediction; projection
กะgàกะgà1estimate; guess2ration; allotted portion; quota3informal particle (colloquial contraction)4approximately; about5work shift6cowrie shell (archaic)
  • estimate; guess
  • ration; allotted portion; quota
  • informal particle (colloquial contraction)
  • approximately; about
  • work shift
  • cowrie shell (archaic)

Word Breakdown

คาดkâatคาดkâat1[to] strap on; gird (literary)2[to] estimate; gauge; approximate3[to] expect; anticipate; supposePart 1
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เดาdaoเดาdao[to] guess; speculatePart 2
คาดเดาkâat daoคาดเดาkâat dao[to] guess; [to] speculate