ผลาญ(plăan)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] squander; waste; fritter away

to spend or use resources carelessly or extravagantly until much is lost; to fritter away

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillผลาญplăanผลาญplăan1[to] squander; waste; fritter away2[to] consume; use up; deplete (destructively)3[to] ravage; lay waste (literary/figurative)เงินเดือนngern deuuanเงินเดือนngern deuuansalary; monthly payหมดไปmòt bpaiหมดไปmòt bpai1[to] be used up; run out; be spent2[to] be gone; disappear; come to an endกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ของฟุ่มเฟือยkŏng fûm-feuaiของฟุ่มเฟือยkŏng fûm-feuailuxury item; extravaganceทุกtúkทุกtúk1every; each2every (interval/frequency)เดือนdeuuanเดือนdeuuan1the Moon; moon2month
He fritters away his salary on luxuries every month.
2VerbB2

[to] consume; use up; deplete (destructively)

to use up a large amount of something rapidly or in a way that causes serious reduction or loss

Examples

เครื่องปรับอากาศkrêuuang bpràp aa-gàatเครื่องปรับอากาศkrêuuang bpràp aa-gàatair conditioner; AC unitเก่าgàoเก่าgào1former; previous2old-fashioned; outdated3old; not newตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ผลาญplăanผลาญplăan1[to] squander; waste; fritter away2[to] consume; use up; deplete (destructively)3[to] ravage; lay waste (literary/figurative)ไฟfaiไฟfai1fire; flame2electricity; power3light (from a lamp)4signal light; indicator5anger; passion (figurative)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofค่าไฟkâa faiค่าไฟkâa fai1electricity bill/charge2electricity cost/expenseพุ่งpûngพุ่งpûng1[to] dart; rush; lunge; shoot forward2[to] soar; spike (increase rapidly)3[to] thrust; propel; launch4[to] aim; point (toward/at)ทุกtúkทุกtúk1every; each2every (interval/frequency)เดือนdeuuanเดือนdeuuan1the Moon; moon2month
This old air conditioner uses up electricity so much that the bill soars every month.
3VerbC1

[to] ravage; lay waste (literary/figurative)

to bring about severe destruction or ruin; to lay waste to something, often figuratively or in elevated style

Examples

ไฟป่าfai bpàaไฟป่าfai bpàawildfire; bushfire; forest fireผลาญplăanผลาญplăan1[to] squander; waste; fritter away2[to] consume; use up; deplete (destructively)3[to] ravage; lay waste (literary/figurative)ไร่râiไร่râi1rai (area unit)2farm; plantation; fieldข้าวโพดkâao pôhtข้าวโพดkâao pôht1corn; maize (plant)2corn kernels (food)3classifier: ears/cobs of corn (ฝัก)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)หลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)แปลงbplaengแปลงbplaeng1[to] transform; convert; modify; adapt2plot; parcel (of land); garden bed3classifier: plots/sections (of land, garden beds)ทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)เดือดร้อนdèuuat rónเดือดร้อนdèuuat rón1[to] be in distress; suffer hardship; be troubled2[to] be affected; be inconvenienced; be put out
The forest fire laid waste to several corn fields, causing hardship for the villagers.

Related Words

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ลาญlaanลาญlaan[to] destroy completely; obliterate

[to] destroy completely; obliterate

ถลุงtà-lŭngถลุงtà-lŭng1[to] smelt (metal); [to] extract (from ore)2[to] thrash; [to] beat up3[to] squander; [to] blow (money)
  • [to] smelt (metal); [to] extract (from ore)
  • [to] thrash; [to] beat up
  • [to] squander; [to] blow (money)
ทิ้งtíngทิ้งtíng1[to] throw away; discard2[to] abandon; desert3[to] drop; let fall4[to] waste; squander5[to] leave behind; leave (sth) behind
  • [to] throw away; discard
  • [to] abandon; desert
  • [to] drop; let fall
  • [to] waste; squander
  • [to] leave behind; leave (sth) behind
กลืนกินgleuun ginกลืนกินgleuun gin1[to] devour; swallow up2[to] engulf; consume; overrun3[to] absorb; subsume; drain (resources)
  • [to] devour; swallow up
  • [to] engulf; consume; overrun
  • [to] absorb; subsume; drain (resources)
สุรุ่ยสุร่ายsù-rûi sù-râaiสุรุ่ยสุร่ายsù-rûi sù-râai1wasteful; extravagant2[to] squander; spend wastefully
  • wasteful; extravagant
  • [to] squander; spend wastefully