หลงลืม

lŏng leum

Meanings

1NounA2

[to] forget; fail to remember

to fail to remember something, often due to absent-mindedness or lapse of memory

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)หลงลืมlŏng leumหลงลืมlŏng leum1[to] forget; fail to remember2forgetful; absent-mindedนัดnátนัดnát1appointment; meeting2[to] make an appointment; arrange to meet3round; match (sports)4classifier: round; match; appointment5bullet (round of ammunition)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowไปเลยbpai loieไปเลยbpai loie1[!] Go ahead; go right now2completely; all the way; way too (post‑verb/adj intensifier)3go straight on; go past; continue on (directions)
Today I completely forgot the appointment with my friend.
2NounB1

forgetful; absent-minded

tending to forget things easily or frequently

Examples

ช่วงนี้chûuang néeช่วงนี้chûuang née1these days; lately; currently2this period (of time); the current periodแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseค่อนข้างkôn kâangค่อนข้างkôn kâang1rather; quite (often with negatives)2rather; quite; fairlyหลงลืมlŏng leumหลงลืมlŏng leum1[to] forget; fail to remember2forgetful; absent-mindedมักmákมักmák1often; usually2[to] tend to; usually [do sth]3fond of; inclined toลืมleuumลืมleuum1[to] forget2[to] leave behind (by forgetting)3forget to; omit unintentionallyกุญแจบ้านgun-jae bâanกุญแจบ้านgun-jae bâanhouse key
Lately mom is rather forgetful and often forgets the house keys.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

หลงlŏngหลงlŏng1[to] be lost; lose one’s way2[to] be infatuated; besotted3[to] be mistaken; deludedPart 1
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ลืมleuumลืมleuum1[to] forget2[to] leave behind (by forgetting)3forget to; omit unintentionallyPart 2
หลงลืมlŏng leumหลงลืมlŏng leum[to] forget; fail to remember