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How to say acting cute and innocent
in Thai
แอ๊บแบ๊ว
áaep-báaeo
acting cute and innocent
áaep highbáaeo high
แอ๊บ (from "abnormal", now "fake") + แบ๊ว "cute": playing innocent on purpose.
- Part of speech
- adj
- Register
- slang
In a sentence
- อย่ามาแอ๊บแบ๊ว รู้นะว่ากินขนมหมดyàa maa áaep-báaeo rúu ná wâa gin kà-nǒm mòtDon't play innocent, I know you ate all the snacks.
From the same situation: Variation: Isaan, South, Chinese-Thai, Tinglish
- เฮ็ดto do, make (Isaan)
- หยังwhat (Isaan)
- ไสwhere (Isaan)
- จั่งใด๋how (Isaan)
- กะalso, then (Isaan ก็)
- ซิwill (Isaan จะ)
- ฮู้to know (Isaan)
- เบิ่ดall, completely, all gone (Isaan)
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