ป้อ(bpôr)

Meanings

1NounA2

father (Northern Thai dialect)

father (Northern Thai dialect); equivalent to the Central Thai word พ่อพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master of.

2VerbB2

[to] flirt with [sb]; court; woo (colloquial)

to flirt with, court, or woo [sb]; to try to win [sb]'s romantic interest (colloquial); often heard as ป้อหญิง.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillใช้เวลาchái way-laaใช้เวลาchái way-laa1[to] spend time [doing sth/with sb]2[to] take (a certain amount of) timeทั้งคืนtáng keunทั้งคืนtáng keun1all night; the whole night2the entire nightเดินตามdern dtaamเดินตามdern dtaam[to] follow [sb/sth] on footป้อbpôrป้อbpôr1father (Northern Thai dialect)2[to] flirt with [sb]; court; woo (colloquial)สาวสวยsăao sŭuayสาวสวยsăao sŭuay1a beautiful young woman; pretty girl2pretty lady! (informal address)คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)งานปาร์ตี้ngaan bpâa-dtêeงานปาร์ตี้ngaan bpâa-dtêeparty; social eventแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerไม่สนใจmâi sŏn jaiไม่สนใจmâi sŏn jai[to] not be interested; [to] ignoreเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
He spent the whole night following that beautiful girl around trying to flirt with her at the party, but she wasn't interested at all.