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Make excuses in Thai

“Make excuses” in Thai is แก้ตัวgâe-dtua.

แก้ตัว gâe-dtua

to make excuses; to redeem yourself verb

  • gâe falling
  • dtua mid
  • Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
Parts: แก้gâe to fix, to correct ตัวdtua body, self

You'll hear it in Let Him Love You for Me (ฝากให้เขารัก).

How to use it

แก้ตัวgâe-dtua, "fix yourself", has two sides. It's making excuses, explaining away a mistake: ไม่ต้องแก้ตัวmâi dtâwng gâe-dtua, don't make excuses, and an excuse is a ข้อแก้ตัวkâw-gâe-dtua. It's also redeeming yourself after a failure: a team that lost wants a match to แก้ตัวgâe-dtua, and ขอโอกาสแก้ตัวkǎw oo-gàat gâe-dtua asks for another chance. Using something as a pretext is อ้างâang.

Other spellings you'll see

There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:

  • kae tua
  • gae tua
  • kaetua

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
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