พลาดท่า(plâat tâa)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] slip up; lose advantage
To make a mistake and lose one’s advantage, often by being outmaneuvered by an opponent.
Examples
นักมวยnák muuayนักมวยnák muuay1boxer; prizefighter2Muay Thai boxerนำnamนำnam1[to] lead; guide2[to] bring; take; lead3[to] adopt; apply; useคะแนนká-naenคะแนนká-naen1score; point(s)2vote (counted choice)3rating; grade; mark4credit (academic points)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)พลาดท่าplâat tâaพลาดท่าplâat tâa1[to] slip up; lose advantage2[to] fall into a trap; be taken advantage of3[to] be compromised sexually (euphemistic)ช่วงท้ายchûuang táaiช่วงท้ายchûuang táaifinal part; closing stageยกyókยกyók1[to] cite; invoke (as an example/reason)2[to] hold; conduct (event/ceremony); stage (a bout)3[to] waive; exempt; suspend4classifier: bout; round5[to] give; dedicate; donate6[to] promote; elevate (rank/status)7[to] lift; raiseเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)โดนdohnโดนdohn1[to] get; be subjected to (passive, often negative)2[to] be hit; be struck; be affected3[to] hit the mark; be spot on (slang/colloq.)น็อกnókน็อกnók1[to] knock out; [to] KO2knockout (KO)3[to] pass out; [to] black out (informal)4[to] stall; [to] cut out (engine) (informal)
The boxer was leading on points but made a mistake in the final round and got knocked out.
2VerbC1
[to] fall into a trap; be taken advantage of
To suffer a setback or be exploited because of a misstep or carelessness.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillพลาดท่าplâat tâaพลาดท่าplâat tâa1[to] slip up; lose advantage2[to] fall into a trap; be taken advantage of3[to] be compromised sexually (euphemistic)เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingอ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofสัญญาsăn-yaaสัญญาsăn-yaa1promise; vow; pledge2contract; agreement3[to] promise; pledge; vow4[to] contract (legally)5perception (Buddhism)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ละเอียดlá-ìiatละเอียดlá-ìiat1fine; minute; tiny (texture/particles)2detailed; thorough3refined (opposite of crude)4delicate; sensitive; subtleเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)เสียเงินsĭia ngernเสียเงินsĭia ngern1[to] spend/pay money; cost money2[to] lose money3[to] waste moneyเพิ่มpêrmเพิ่มpêrm1[to] increase; add2additional; more3additionally; in addition; moreoverโดยdoiโดยdoi1by (transport/communication)2in a ... way; -ly3by (passive marker in formal style)4by; via; throughไม่จำเป็นmâi jam bpenไม่จำเป็นmâi jam bpen1unnecessary; not necessary2not necessarily
He suffered a setback because he didn’t read the contract carefully and ended up paying extra unnecessarily.
3VerbC2
[to] be compromised sexually (euphemistic)
Euphemistic: to lose control of a situation and end up in a sexual encounter, often implying being outmaneuvered or coerced.
Examples
เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herเล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeคืนkeunคืนkeun1nighttime; night2[to] return [sth]; give back3[to] refund; reimburse4per (night) [prefix use]นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ดื่มdèumดื่มdèum1[to] drink2[to] drink alcoholไปหน่อยbpai nòiไปหน่อยbpai nòi1a bit (too); somewhat excessive2a little (farther/over); slightlyแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)พลาดท่าplâat tâaพลาดท่าplâat tâa1[to] slip up; lose advantage2[to] fall into a trap; be taken advantage of3[to] be compromised sexually (euphemistic)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเพิ่งpêrngเพิ่งpêrng1just; recently2only just now; only now3only/merely (just now starting)รู้จักrúu jàkรู้จักrúu jàk1[to] know; be acquainted with2[to] recognize; identify3[to] know how; be capable (from familiarity); be prudent withในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)งานเลี้ยงngaan líiangงานเลี้ยงngaan líiangparty; banquet; reception; feast; function
She said that she drank a bit too much that night and ended up in a sexual encounter with someone she had just met at the party.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เสียทีsĭia teeเสียทีsĭia tee1finally; at last2[to] be outsmarted; get the worst of it3[to] miss one’s chance; lose out
- finally; at last
- [to] be outsmarted; get the worst of it
- [to] miss one’s chance; lose out
เสียท่าsĭia tâaเสียท่าsĭia tâa1[to] be outmaneuvered; lose the advantage2[to] be taken advantage of; succumb under pressure
- [to] be outmaneuvered; lose the advantage
- [to] be taken advantage of; succumb under pressure
เพลี่ยงพล้ำplîiang plámเพลี่ยงพล้ำplîiang plám[to] falter; [to] be at a disadvantage
[to] falter; [to] be at a disadvantage
เสียเชิงsĭia cherngเสียเชิงsĭia cherng[to] lose the upper hand; [to] be outmaneuvered; [to] lose face
[to] lose the upper hand; [to] be outmaneuvered; [to] lose face
ตกหลุมพรางdtòk lŭm praangตกหลุมพรางdtòk lŭm praang[to] fall into a trap; be duped; be tricked
[to] fall into a trap; be duped; be tricked
Word Breakdown
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พลาดท่าplâat tâaพลาดท่าplâat tâa[to] slip up; lose advantage