associate with (someone)
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- 1 associate with (someone)、date (someone)
Describes maintaining an ongoing personal relationship with someone, whether socially or romantically depending on context.
associate with (someone)、date (someone)
Means to maintain an ongoing relationship or association with someone; in a romantic context, it can mean to date someone.
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เขาเป็นคนน่าคบหา khǎw pen khon nâa khóp hǎa He is someone worth getting to know. เขาเป็นคนน่าคบหา details
Learning notes
Explanation
คบหา refers to maintaining an ongoing personal relationship through continued contact and interaction. It can describe friendships, acquaintances, or relationships between families. In a romantic context, it can also mean dating, but the word itself is not inherently romantic. It sounds slightly more polished than the shorter คบ and is common in descriptions of social ties, personal character, and romantic relationships in news or other explanatory writing.
Usage
Used when discussing friendships, social circles, the kinds of people someone associates with, or long-standing ties between families. In romantic contexts, it is also used—often in a somewhat polished or report-like tone—to describe an ongoing dating relationship.
Caution
คบหา alone does not specify whether the relationship is social or romantic; context determines the meaning. To make the romantic sense explicit, expressions such as คบกันแบบแฟน or คบหาดูใจกัน can be used. It also implies an ongoing relationship, so it is not appropriate for merely meeting someone once; พบ or เจอ is used for that.
Differences from similar words
1 associate with (someone) synonyms
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คบ is the shorter and more conversational verb for associating with or dating someone. คบหา has the same basic meaning but more clearly suggests an ongoing relationship and sounds slightly more formal.