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bpon bpêuan

Meanings

1AdjectiveB1

contaminated; tainted

Made impure, unsafe, or dirty by contact or mixing with an unwanted or harmful substance (e.g., chemicals, germs, toxins).

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offดื่มน้ำdèum námดื่มน้ำdèum nám[to] drink waterจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ก๊อกgókก๊อกgók1tap; faucet2valve (flow control)3tap handle/knobนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)น้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)ปนเปื้อนbpon bpêuanปนเปื้อนbpon bpêuan1contaminated; tainted2[to] contaminate; polluteเชื้อโรคchéuua rôhkเชื้อโรคchéuua rôhk1pathogen; germ2infectious agent (general)
Don’t drink from this tap; the water is contaminated with germs.
2VerbB1

[to] contaminate; pollute

To make something impure, unsafe, or dirty by introducing an unwanted or harmful substance.

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasisมือสกปรกmeuu sòk-gà-bpròkมือสกปรกmeuu sòk-gà-bpròk1dirty hands (literal)2corrupt/tainted person (figurative, idiomatic)จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)อาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsเดี๋ยวdĭiaoเดี๋ยวdĭiao1soon; in a moment2for a moment; briefly; one moment3wait! just a moment4if … then (warning; colloquial)5alternating; now … now …มันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ปนเปื้อนbpon bpêuanปนเปื้อนbpon bpêuan1contaminated; tainted2[to] contaminate; pollute
Don’t touch the food with dirty hands; it will get contaminated.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ปนbponปนbpon1[to] mix; blend; mingle2[to] be mixed with; contain traces of3containing a hint of; tinged with (figurative)Part 1
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เปื้อนbpêuuanเปื้อนbpêuuan1stained; soiled; dirty (on a surface or clothing)2[to] get stained; get dirty3[to] stain [sth]; soil [sth]; smudge [sth]Part 2
ปนเปื้อนbpon bpêuanปนเปื้อนbpon bpêuancontaminated; tainted