เลอะเทอะ(lé-té)

Meanings

1AdjectiveA2

messy; dirty; slovenly

dirty, untidy, or smeared; slovenly in appearance or habits

Examples

เสื้อsêuuaเสื้อsêuua1shirt; top2jacket; coat (outerwear) — regional/colloquial3classifier: ตัวของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsเลอะเทอะlé-téเลอะเทอะlé-té1messy; dirty; slovenly2nonsense; rubbish3rambling; incoherent; excessiveเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)ดินdinดินdin1soil; earth; dirt2the ground; land (surface)3clay; earthen material4electrical ground; earth (electrical)
His shirt is messy because he played in the dirt.
2NounB1

nonsense; rubbish

nonsense or silly talk; rubbish; babble

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutเลอะเทอะlé-téเลอะเทอะlé-té1messy; dirty; slovenly2nonsense; rubbish3rambling; incoherent; excessiveเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ต้องการdtông gaanต้องการdtông gaan1[to] want; desire2[to] need; require3[to] seek; requestข้อมูลkôr moonข้อมูลkôr moon1data (computing)2information; data (non-count)ที่ชัดเจนtêe chát jaynที่ชัดเจนtêe chát jaynclear; explicit
Don’t talk nonsense; we need clear information.
3AdjectiveB2

rambling; incoherent; excessive

rambling or incoherent; also overly excessive or over the top in behavior or spending

Examples

ตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodประชุมbprà-chumประชุมbprà-chum1meeting; conference2[to] meet; hold a meeting3assembly; councilเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutวนไปวนมาwon bpai won maaวนไปวนมาwon bpai won maa1repeatedly; in circles; over and over (colloq.)2[to] go round and round; [to] keep circling/repeatingจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofฟังดูfang dooฟังดูfang dooto sound; seem (by hearing)เลอะเทอะlé-téเลอะเทอะlé-té1messy; dirty; slovenly2nonsense; rubbish3rambling; incoherent; excessiveใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverๆ-ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerจับประเด็นjàp bprà-denจับประเด็นjàp bprà-den[to] grasp the main point; identify the key issueไม่ทันmâi tanไม่ทันmâi tan1not in time; too late2[to] miss [sth]; fail to be in time (for [sth])3[to] not keep up (with [sb]/[sth]); be outpaced4[to] not get the chance to (do [sth])
During the meeting, he rambled so much that it sounded incoherent, and no one could follow the point.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เลอะlóeเลอะlóe1dirty; smeared; messy (stained)2[to] get smeared; [to] become dirty3messy; chaotic (figurative)Part 1
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เทtayเทtay1[to] pour2[to] dump; tip out3[to] go all in; devote fully (slang, with ใจ/เวลา/แรง)4[to] ditch; dump (slang)Part 2
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อะàอะà1huh?; what? (prompt/attention)2softening/filler particle (colloquial)3uh; um (hesitation)Part 3
เลอะเทอะlé-téเลอะเทอะlé-témessy; dirty; slovenly