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verb

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Main meaning

to lose

1v.

be defeatedlexitron

2v.

lose; be beaten; be inferiorlexitron

3v.

to defeat; to overcome; to win.(archaic)wiktionary

4v.

to be defeated; to lose; to be overcome.wiktionary

5v.

to be allergic (to); to have an allergy (to).wiktionary

6v.

to be unable to stand, bear, or handle.(slang)wiktionary

แพ้ความน่ารัก

can't stand [someone's] cuteness

Built from

From Proto-Tai *beːꟲ (“to defeat; to be defeated”). Cognate with Isan แพ้ (phɛɛ⁵), Lao ແພ້ (phǣ), Northern Thai ᨻᩯ᩶ (pɛɛ⁶), Khün ᨻᩯ᩶ (pɛɛ⁵), Lü ᦶᦗᧉ (pae²), Tai Dam ꪵꪝ꫁ (ꞌpẹ), Shan ပႄႉ (pâ̰ae), Tai Nüa ᥙᥥᥳ (pė). Compare Middle Chinese 敗 (MC baejH).

In a sentence

เขาแพ้อย่างไม่มีทางสู้ในการเลือกตั้งสมาชิกสภาเขต

A note on usage

สู้ไม่ได้, ทนไม่ได้