ผ่อนแรง

pòn raeng

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] reduce effort; [to] make easier

To reduce the physical force or effort needed to do something, often with the help of a tool or machine.

Examples

เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]รถเข็นrót kĕnรถเข็นrót kĕn1stroller; pushchair2vendor cart3handcart; trolley4wheelchairเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofผ่อนแรงpòn raengผ่อนแรงpòn raeng1[to] reduce effort; [to] make easier2labor-saving; reducing effortในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterขนkŏnขนkŏn1hair; fur (body hair of people/animals)2goosebumps; hair standing on end3[to] transport; haul; carry (goods)4classifier: strands of hair/furของหนักkŏng nàkของหนักkŏng nàkheavy object; heavy item
We use a cart to reduce the effort of carrying heavy things.
2AdjectiveB1

labor-saving; reducing effort

Describing tools or mechanisms that reduce the force needed to do a task; designed to make work easier.

Examples

นี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectเครื่องมือkrêuuang meuuเครื่องมือkrêuuang meuu1tool; instrument; implement2means; vehicle (figurative)3software tool; utility4note: not a classifierผ่อนแรงpòn raengผ่อนแรงpòn raeng1[to] reduce effort; [to] make easier2labor-saving; reducing effort
This is a labor-saving tool.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ผ่อนpònผ่อนpòn1[to] pay in installments2[to] ease; relax; lessen; slacken3[to] defer; extend time; postponePart 1
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แรงraengแรงraeng1strong; intense; severe2force; strength; power3hard; strongly (adverbial use)Part 2
ผ่อนแรงpòn raengผ่อนแรงpòn raeng[to] reduce effort; [to] make easier