เลอะเลือน

lóe leuuan

Meanings

1NounB2

smudged; blurred; unclear

used for things like writing, images, or memories that are smudged, blurred, or unclear.

Examples

ตัวหนังสือdtuua năng-sĕuตัวหนังสือdtuua năng-sĕu1letter; character; glyph2writing; text; written words3handwriting; penmanship4lettering; text size; font styleในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)จดหมายjòt măaiจดหมายjòt măai1letter (mail)2formal letter; epistleเก่าgàoเก่าgào1former; previous2old-fashioned; outdated3old; not newฉบับchà-bàpฉบับchà-bàp1classifier for documents/printed texts2version; edition; text3issue; edition; copyนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)เลอะเลือนlóe leuuanเลอะเลือนlóe leuuan1smudged; blurred; unclear2forgetful; senileจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofอ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)ยากyâakยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hard
The writing in that old letter was smudged and difficult to read.
2NounB2

forgetful; senile

describing a person who is forgetful or mentally confused, often due to old age.

Examples

คุณย่าkun yâaคุณย่าkun yâapaternal grandmother; father’s mother (honorific/term of address)เริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toเลอะเลือนlóe leuuanเลอะเลือนlóe leuuan1smudged; blurred; unclear2forgetful; senileแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)บางครั้งbaang krángบางครั้งbaang krángsometimes; occasionallyท่านtâanท่านtâan1you (formal/polite)2he; she (honorific)3sir; madam4honorific title5classifier (polite for persons)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerลืมleuumลืมleuum1[to] forget2[to] leave behind (by forgetting)3forget to; omit unintentionallyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeวางwaangวางwaang1[to] put; place; set (down)2[to] hang up (the phone); end a call3[to] lay (eggs)4[to] set; assign; impose5[to] put down; let go (emotion/attachment)6[to] lay out; formulate; establish (plan/policy/system)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveที่ไหนtêe năiที่ไหนtêe năi1where?2wherever (with ก็)3no way!; not at all (colloq.)
My grandmother has started to become forgetful; sometimes she forgets where she put her things.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เลอะlóeเลอะlóe1dirty; smeared; messy (stained)2[to] get smeared; [to] become dirty3messy; chaotic (figurative)Part 1
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เลือนleuuanเลือนleuuan1[to] fade; blur; become indistinct2[to] wear off; fade from a surfacePart 2
เลอะเลือนlóe leuuanเลอะเลือนlóe leuuansmudged; blurred; unclear