อ้างตัว(âang dtuua)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] claim to be; style oneself (as)
to assert that one is a particular person, role, or status; to present or identify oneself as something (often with ว่าว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticize or เป็นเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressions)
Examples
มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoผู้หญิงpôo yĭngผู้หญิงpôo yĭng1woman; adult female (person)2women's; female (as modifier)คนหนึ่งkon nèungคนหนึ่งkon nèung1one person2a person; someoneโทรมาtoh maaโทรมาtoh maa[to] call (here); phone (to me/us/this place)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotออฟฟิศóf-fítออฟฟิศóf-fítoffice; workplace (loanword)อ้างตัวâang dtuuaอ้างตัวâang dtuua1[to] claim to be; style oneself (as)2[to] pose as; falsely claimว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsภรรยาpan-rá-yaaภรรยาpan-rá-yaawife (formal/neutral)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsเจ้านายjâo naaiเจ้านายjâo naai1boss; employer; superior2master; owner (of servant or animal)3lord; aristocrat (historical/formal)4patron; benefactor (figurative)
A woman called the office, identifying herself as the boss's wife.
2VerbC1
[to] pose as; falsely claim
to claim an identity, role, or authority deceitfully or without legitimacy
Examples
ชายchaaiชายchaai1man; male person2male; man (person/animal)3male; masculine4edge; brim; hem; shoreคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)อ้างตัวâang dtuuaอ้างตัวâang dtuua1[to] claim to be; style oneself (as)2[to] pose as; falsely claimเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofหลอกlòkหลอกlòk1[to] deceive; cheat; trick2[to] tease; prank; startle; spook3fake; sham; counterfeit4[to] lure; bait; entice (under false pretenses)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)เงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)นักท่องเที่ยวnák tông tîaoนักท่องเที่ยวnák tông tîaotourist
That man deceitfully claimed to be a police officer to trick money out of tourists.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
แอบอ้างàep âangแอบอ้างàep âang[to] falsely claim; [to] invoke without right
[to] falsely claim; [to] invoke without right
สวมรอยsŭuam roiสวมรอยsŭuam roi1[to] impersonate [sb]; [to] pose as [sb]2[to] piggyback on [sb]'s work; [to] claim credit for [sth]
- [to] impersonate [sb]; [to] pose as [sb]
- [to] piggyback on [sb]'s work; [to] claim credit for [sth]
Word Breakdown
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อ้างตัวâang dtuuaอ้างตัวâang dtuua[to] claim to be; style oneself (as)