แกล้งทำเป็น(glâeng tam bpen)
Meanings
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[to] deliberately pretend; [to] feign
to intentionally act as if something is true, or as if you have a feeling or ability, when it is not; to fake or put on an act (e.g., play dumb, pretend not to know)
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)เดินมาdern maaเดินมาdern maa[to] walk over; come walking (toward speaker/reference point)เด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerแกล้งทำเป็นglâeng tam bpenแกล้งทำเป็นglâeng tam bpen[to] deliberately pretend; [to] feignอ่านหนังสือàan năng-sĕuอ่านหนังสือàan năng-sĕu[to] read; [to] study
When the teacher came, the children pretended to be reading.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ทำทีเป็นtam tee bpenทำทีเป็นtam tee bpen[to] pretend; feign; act as if
[to] pretend; feign; act as if
แกล้งทำglâeng tamแกล้งทำglâeng tam[to] pretend; [to] feign
[to] pretend; [to] feign
แสร้งทำsâeng tamแสร้งทำsâeng tam[to] pretend; [to] feign
[to] pretend; [to] feign
เสแสร้งsăe-sâengเสแสร้งsăe-sâeng1[to] pretend; feign2insincere; affected
- [to] pretend; feign
- insincere; affected
ทำเป็นtam bpenทำเป็นtam bpen1[to] know how (to do sth); be able (skill)2[to] pretend; feign; act as if
- [to] know how (to do sth); be able (skill)
- [to] pretend; feign; act as if
Word Breakdown
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แกล้งทำเป็นglâeng tam bpenแกล้งทำเป็นglâeng tam bpen[to] deliberately pretend; [to] feign