ปลอบประโลม(bplòp bprà-loom)

Meanings

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[to] console; soothe

to comfort someone emotionally and gently ease their pain or distress; to console and calm

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseกุมมือgum meuuกุมมือgum meuu[to] hold [sb] by the handฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)แน่นnâenแน่นnâen1tight; secure; firm2crowded; packed3constipated; bloated; chest-tight4solid; reliable; certain (figurative)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ปลอบประโลมbplòp bprà-loomปลอบประโลมbplòp bprà-loom[to] console; sootheว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเดี๋ยวdĭiaoเดี๋ยวdĭiao1soon; in a moment2for a moment; briefly; one moment3wait! just a moment4if … then (warning; colloquial)5alternating; now … now …ทุกอย่างtúk yàangทุกอย่างtúk yàangeverything; all thingsจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ดีขึ้นdee kêunดีขึ้นdee kêun1[to] improve; get better2better; improved3better (to a greater degree)
My mother held my hand tightly and comforted me, saying everything would get better.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ปลอบbplòpปลอบbplòp[to] comfort; consolePart 1
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ประโลมbprà-lohmประโลมbprà-lohm1[to] soothe; comfort2[to] flatter; cajole (formal/literary)3[to] relieve; ease (pain or hardship) (formal)Part 2
ปลอบประโลมbplòp bprà-loomปลอบประโลมbplòp bprà-loom[to] console; soothe