ดะ()

Meanings

1AdverbB2

indiscriminately; recklessly; at will

in an indiscriminate, uncontrolled, or reckless way; without restraint; used after verbs to mean “a lot/at will” (e.g., spend ดะดะ1in a mess; all messed up (colloq.)2indiscriminately; recklessly; at will, buy ดะดะ1in a mess; all messed up (colloq.)2indiscriminately; recklessly; at will, criticize ดะดะ1in a mess; all messed up (colloq.)2indiscriminately; recklessly; at will)

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเงินเดือนngern deuuanเงินเดือนngern deuuansalary; monthly payมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerใช้เงินchái ngernใช้เงินchái ngern[to] spend moneyซื้อของséu kŏngซื้อของséu kŏng[to] buy things; go shoppingดะดะ1in a mess; all messed up (colloq.)2indiscriminately; recklessly; at willจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofไม่เหลือmâi lĕuuaไม่เหลือmâi lĕuuanone left; all goneเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to conceal8[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
Once he got his salary, he spent money buying things indiscriminately and had no savings left.
2AdjectiveC1

in a mess; all messed up (colloq.)

in a battered, damaged, or very messy state; used informally to describe something left in bad condition (e.g., บ้านเละดะ, พังดะ)

Examples

After the storm, that hut was battered and a mess, as if it had been slammed around many times.