Accidentally in Thai

“Accidentally” in Thai is เผลอplǒe; you'll also hear โดยไม่ได้ตั้งใจdooi mâi dâi dtâng-jai (formal).

เผลอ plǒe

to do without meaning to; to slip up verb

plǒe rising

Rising: start low, dip, then rise to the top, like a doubtful “Really?”

โดยไม่ได้ตั้งใจ dooi mâi dâi dtâng-jai

by accident, unintentionally adverb formal

dooi mid
mâi falling
dâi falling
dtâng falling
jai mid

Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”

You'll hear เผลอplǒe in Salak Jit (สลักจิต).

How to use it

เผลอplǒe before a verb is doing something without meaning to, in a moment when you weren't paying attention: เผลอหลับplǒe làp, to doze off, เผลอพูดplǒe pûut, to blurt something out. เผลอใจplǒe-jai is letting your heart slip, falling for someone you shouldn't. The written way to say it is โดยไม่ได้ตั้งใจdooi mâi dâi dtâng-jai, unintentionally, and the apology, ไม่ได้ตั้งใจmâi dâi dtâng-jai, I didn't mean to, is on our page about saying sorry.