Food and drink
pineapple noun
- sàp low
- bpà low
- rót high
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
Classifier: ลูกlûuk · counting word for fruit and round things
How to use it
สับปะรดsàp-bpà-rót has three short syllables: two low ones and a high one at the end. Thai pineapples are small and very sweet. Street vendors sell them peeled and cut, in a bag or on a stick, often with a little packet of พริกเกลือprík gluea, salt, sugar and chilli, to dip them in.
You'll also meet pineapple in fried rice served in half a pineapple, and in sweet and sour stir-fries.
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:
- sapparot
- sap pa rot
- sappharot
- supparod
- sabparod
- sapparod
More food and drink in Thai
All food and drink- ข้าว kâao Rice
- ข้าวเหนียว kâao-nǐaw Sticky rice
- ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง kâao-nǐaw má-mûang Mango sticky rice
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