ดักหน้า(dàk nâa)

Meanings

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[to] lie in wait ahead; block the way

To wait ahead on someone’s route to stop, confront, intercept, or ambush them from the front.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)รู้rúuรู้rúu1[to] know; be aware of2[to] know how (to do)3[to] feel; sense; perceive4be acquainted with (someone/thing)5[to] realize; find out; learnว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ลงมาlong maaลงมาlong maa1[to] come down; descend2down toward the speaker (directional complement)3[to] decrease; come down (to a level)4up to; [number] and underทางนี้taang néeทางนี้taang née1this way; over here2this side; our sideเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerยืนyeunยืนyeun1[to] stand2standing; upright (posture/position)3fixed; steady; unchanged (figurative)4to be fixed; remain unchanged (figurative)ดักหน้าdàk nâaดักหน้าdàk nâa[to] lie in wait ahead; block the wayรอrorรอror1[to] wait2[to] wait for; await
I knew he would come down this way, so I came to wait and intercept him.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ดักdàkดักdàk1[to] intercept; cut off (someone’s path or message)2[to] head off; preempt [sb]/[sth] (colloquial)3[to] set a trap; ambush; lie in waitPart 1
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หน้าnâaหน้าnâa1front; frontage2next; upcoming3face—prefix (before nouns)4in front; at the front5season (in names)6page7facePart 2
ดักหน้าdàk nâaดักหน้าdàk nâa[to] lie in wait ahead; block the way