สาป

sàap

Meanings

1NounB2

[to] curse; put a curse on

To invoke a supernatural curse intended to bring misfortune or harm to someone or something.

Examples

ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)เล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleใจร้ายjai ráaiใจร้ายjai ráaicruel; meanจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)เจ้าป่าjâo bpàaเจ้าป่าjâo bpàa1tiger; king/lord of the forest2forest spirit; guardian spirit of the forestช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]สาปsàapสาปsàap1curse; malediction2[to] curse; put a curse on3[to] condemn; drag (slang)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; permitเคราะห์króเคราะห์kró1misfortune; ill luck; calamity2fate; astrological influenceซ้ำsámซ้ำsám1again; repeatedly2duplicate; repeated; duplicate copy3[to] repeat; do again4on top of that; moreover (worsening)กรรมgamกรรมgam1karma; deed (Buddhist moral causation)2deed; act (with moral weight)3fate; consequence; retribution4damn it; what bad luck! (colloquial)ซ้อนsónซ้อนsón1[to] stack; pile; layer2[to] overlap; superimpose3layered; stacked; overlapping4[to] ride pillion
Grandma said that cruel people would be cursed by the forest spirit to suffer repeated misfortunes.
2NounB2

curse; malediction

A supernatural imprecation believed to cause misfortune or harm.

Examples

ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)เชื่อว่าchêuua wâaเชื่อว่าchêuua wâa1[to] believe (that) ...2it is believed that ...ป่าbpàaป่าbpàa1forest; woodland2the wild; wilderness3jungle (tropical forest)4wild; uncultivated (of land)ผืนpĕunผืนpĕun1sheet; stretch (flat expanse)2classifier (flat expanses/items)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoคำสาปkam sàapคำสาปkam sàap1a curse (utterance)2a curse (affliction)ใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverเข้าไปkâo bpaiเข้าไปkâo bpai1[to] go in; enter (away from the speaker)2directional complement: into; in (away from speaker)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] face; experience3[to] find; come acrossเคราะห์ร้ายkrór ráaiเคราะห์ร้ายkrór ráai1unlucky; unfortunate; ill‑fated2misfortune; bad luck
Villagers believe that forest carries a curse; whoever enters will meet misfortune.
3NounB2

[to] condemn; drag (slang)

Internet slang: to harshly criticize, condemn, or ‘drag’ [sb]/[sth], often with moral judgment or disgust.

Examples

เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightทวิตเตอร์tá-wít-dtôoeทวิตเตอร์tá-wít-dtôoeTwitter/X (social platform)สาปsàapสาปsàap1curse; malediction2[to] curse; put a curse on3[to] condemn; drag (slang)แบรนด์braenแบรนด์braen1brand (name/trademark)2[to] brand (marketing)3brand (image/identity)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ยับyápยับyáp1crumpled; wrinkled2in tatters; ruined; badly damaged3badly; severely; to bitsเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingโฆษณาkôh-sà-naaโฆษณาkôh-sà-naa1advertisement; ad2[to] advertise; publicize; promoteไม่เหมาะสมmâi mòr sŏmไม่เหมาะสมmâi mòr sŏminappropriate; unsuitable
Last night, Twitter dragged that brand hard because the ad was inappropriate.

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