แผลงฤทธิ์(plăeng rít)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] take effect; [to] kick in
to begin to show its effect; to ‘kick in’ (used especially for medicine, alcohol, poison, etc.).
Examples
รอrorรอror1[to] wait2[to] wait for; awaitประมาณbprà-maanประมาณbprà-maan1[to] estimate; approximate2approximately; about3estimate (noun)4moderate; modest (archaic/literary)30นาทีnaa-teeนาทีnaa-tee1minute (time unit)2moment; minute (informal)เดี๋ยวdĭiaoเดี๋ยวdĭiao1soon; in a moment2for a moment; briefly; one moment3wait! just a moment4if … then (warning; colloquial)5alternating; now … now …ตัวยาdtuua yaaตัวยาdtuua yaaactive ingredient; drug substanceก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toแผลงฤทธิ์plăeng rítแผลงฤทธิ์plăeng rít1[to] act up; [to] show one's power2[to] take effect; [to] kick inแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
Wait for about 30 minutes, and the medicine will start to kick in.
2VerbB2
[to] act up; [to] show one's power
to act up, cause trouble, or show one's power, often in a negative or mischievous way (used for people, spirits, etc.).
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseไม่อยู่mâi yòoไม่อยู่mâi yòo[to] be absent; [to] be outเด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toแผลงฤทธิ์plăeng rítแผลงฤทธิ์plăeng rít1[to] act up; [to] show one's power2[to] take effect; [to] kick inทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
As soon as their mom wasn't around, the kids immediately started acting up.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
สำแดงเดชsăm-daeng dètสำแดงเดชsăm-daeng dèt[to] show off one's power; [to] throw one's weight around
[to] show off one's power; [to] throw one's weight around
ออกฤทธิ์òk rítออกฤทธิ์òk rít[to] take effect; become active
[to] take effect; become active
เต้นแร้งเต้นกาdtên ráeng dtên gaaเต้นแร้งเต้นกาdtên ráeng dtên gaa[to] act wildly; [to] throw a tantrum
[to] act wildly; [to] throw a tantrum
แสดงฤทธิ์sà-daeng rítแสดงฤทธิ์sà-daeng rít[to] take effect; show potency
[to] take effect; show potency
พยศpá-yótพยศpá-yót1defiance; unruliness; fractiousness2[to] act up; be unruly; defy control3unruly; skittish; defiant
- defiance; unruliness; fractiousness
- [to] act up; be unruly; defy control
- unruly; skittish; defiant
Word Breakdown
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แผลงฤทธิ์plăeng rítแผลงฤทธิ์plăeng rít[to] take effect; [to] kick in