Words starting with P

pad kra pao (stir-fry with holy basil)

pad see ew (noodles stir-fried in soy sauce)

pad thai (stir-fried rice noodles)

to paint (a wall, a house)

pale (a face)

papaya salad, som tam

parcel, package

public park

part-time job, side job

to pass, to go past, to go through

to pass (an exam)

code, password

the past

patient

patongko, fried dough sticks

to pay

peacock, peafowl

pepper (black or white)

per, each

perfect, flawless

period, menstruation

person, people

personality, character

to photocopy

to pick (someone) up, to collect

picture, photo

pigeon, dove

pill, tablet

pla ra (fermented fish)

to plan, to make a plan

tree, plant

to play

to point, to show (by pointing)

police, police officer

polite, courteous

popular, a hit (from English)

pork rinds, pork crackling

to post (online)

to postpone, to move (a date)

pot (for cooking)

to pour water over an elder's hands for a blessing (Songkran)

to practise, to train

to praise, to compliment

to pray, to chant (Buddhist prayers)

to predict, tell fortunes

to prepare, to get ready

to press, push

to tease, to play a trick on

to print (everyday, from English)

programmer, developer

project (work or school)

to promise

promotion, special offer

to pronounce

to protect, to prevent

to pull

to punish

to push, to shove

to put in, to add