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How to say to hang laundry out to dry
in Thai
ตากผ้า
dtàak-pâa
to hang laundry out to dry
dtàak lowpâa falling
ตาก = to put out in the sun or air. In the rainy season, the race between ตากผ้า and the afternoon storm is daily life.
- Part of speech
- verb
In a sentence
- ตากผ้าไว้ข้างนอกdtàak-pâa wái kâang-nâawkI've hung the washing outside.
From the same situation: Weather and the rainy reality
- ฤดูseason
- หน้าร้อนhot season
- หน้าฝนrainy season
- หน้าหนาวcool season
- หน้าแล้งdry season
- น้ำท่วมto flood; flooding
- พายุstorm
- ฟ้าร้องto thunder; thunder
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