พล่า(plâa)
Meanings
1NounB1
Thai spicy blanched-meat salad
A Thai dish of lightly blanched meat or seafood tossed with chili, fish sauce, lime juice, and fresh herbs; a type of spicy salad distinct from ยำยำyam1spicy-sour Thai salad2[to] make/toss a spicy-sour salad.
Examples
เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)สั่งsàngสั่งsàng1[to] command; instruct; direct2[to] order [sth]; place an order (food/goods)3[to] prescribe; order (medical/legal/official)พล่ากุ้งplâa gûngพล่ากุ้งplâa gûngspicy shrimp saladรสเผ็ดrót pètรสเผ็ดrót pètspicy flavor; spicinessเปรี้ยวbprîiaoเปรี้ยวbprîiao1sour; tart (taste)2stylish/edgy (slang)3fermented/overripe smellหอมhŏmหอมhŏm1fragrant; pleasantly scented2[to] smell nice; be fragrant3shallot; scallion (Thai usage)สมุนไพรsà-mŭn praiสมุนไพรsà-mŭn prai1herb; medicinal herb2herbal (as a modifier)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
Last night I ordered shrimp phla; it was spicy and sour with a fragrant herbal aroma.
2VerbB2
to make ‘phlaa’
To prepare the dish พล่าพล่าplâa1to make ‘phlaa’2Thai spicy blanched-meat salad by briefly blanching meat/seafood and mixing with spicy sour dressing and herbs.
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseพล่าplâaพล่าplâa1to make ‘phlaa’2Thai spicy blanched-meat saladหมูmŏoหมูmŏo1pig; hog2pork3easy; a pushover (informal)4fat person (impolite)5classifier: pig (head/animal)โดยdoiโดยdoi1by (transport/communication)2in a ... way; -ly3by (passive marker in formal style)4by; via; throughลวกlûuakลวกlûuak1[to] blanch/scald (food); parboil2[to] scald (with hot liquid/steam)3sloppy; hasty; careless (work/attempt)หมูmŏoหมูmŏo1pig; hog2pork3easy; a pushover (informal)4fat person (impolite)5classifier: pig (head/animal)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitสุกsùkสุกsùk1cooked; done (food)2ripe (fruit)3heated through; warmed (by heat)4[to] ripen; [to] get cookedพอประมาณpɔɔ bprà-maanพอประมาณpɔɔ bprà-maan1moderate; reasonable; modest2moderately; reasonablyแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)คลุกklúkคลุกklúk1to mix/toss (food)2to coat by rolling3[to] associate closely (with); fraternize (with)4to be covered with (dirt/dust)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)น้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)ปรุงbprungปรุงbprung1[to] cook; prepare (food); season2[to] concoct; compound (medicine or mixture)3[to] concoct; compound (medicine, perfume, mixture)เผ็ดpètเผ็ดpèt1spicy; hot (pungent)2figuratively fierce/bitingเปรี้ยวbprîiaoเปรี้ยวbprîiao1sour; tart (taste)2stylish/edgy (slang)3fermented/overripe smell
Mom made pla by briefly blanching pork and mixing it with a spicy, sour dressing.