เอาเถอะ(ao tàw)

Meanings

1InterjectionA2

alright; okay then; never mind

an expression used to show agreement, often reluctantly, or to dismiss a matter by saying 'alright', 'fine', or 'never mind'.

Examples

เอาเถอะao tàwเอาเถอะao tàwalright; okay then; never mindฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
Alright, I give up.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

เอาเหอะao-hèเอาเหอะao-hèwhatever; never mind

whatever; never mind

เอาเถิดao tèrtเอาเถิดao tèrtfine then; go ahead; suit yourself

fine then; go ahead; suit yourself

ก็ได้gôr dâaiก็ได้gôr dâai1[phr] okay; fine; that works2[phr] ... is also acceptable3[phr] you may; if you want4[phr] it's okay if; it's fine to5[phr] optionality / non-necessity
  • [phr] okay; fine; that works
  • [phr] ... is also acceptable
  • [phr] you may; if you want
  • [phr] it's okay if; it's fine to
  • [phr] optionality / non-necessity
ตกลงdtòk longตกลงdtòk long1[to] agree; reach an agreement2okay; agreed; deal3in the end; after all; as it turns out4[to] settle; finalize
  • [to] agree; reach an agreement
  • okay; agreed; deal
  • in the end; after all; as it turns out
  • [to] settle; finalize

Word Breakdown

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)Part 1
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เถอะtòeเถอะtòe1suggestion/encouragement particle2prompting/permission particle3resignation/emphasis particlePart 2
เอาเถอะao tàwเอาเถอะao tàwalright; okay then; never mind