អាក្រក់
ʼaakrɑk
The Khmer word for bad is អាក្រក់ (ʼaakrɑk).
អាក្រក់ is an adjective used to describe something that is unfavorable or negative, such as a bad idea or bad handwriting.
Meaning: unfavorable, negative (adj)
How do you pronounce it?
ʼaakrɑk
Did you know?
- While អាក្រក់ means 'bad', it is often used to describe someone's physical appearance as 'ugly' in Khmer.
- In Khmer culture, the concept of 'bad' is often linked to 'unlucky' or 'inauspicious' rather than just being a poor quality. To say someone has a 'bad' fate, one might use terms that imply a spiritual or karmic imbalance.
- When describing a 'bad' person, Cambodians may use the term មនុស្សអាក្រក់ (monous aakrɑk), but to imply someone is truly wicked or devilish, the intensity shifts toward terms related to ghosts or spirits.
Examples in context
- ថម គិតថា នោះគឺជាគំនិតដ៏អាក្រក់ ។Tom thought that was a bad idea.This sentence shows how to use អាក្រក់ to describe an idea.Tatoeba #2870195 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #2541202 by CK
- អក្សរសរសេរដៃរបស់គាត់អាក្រក់។His handwriting is bad.This sentence demonstrates using អាក្រក់ to describe handwriting.Tatoeba #2844433 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #1323927 by CK
- គាត់មានទម្លាប់អាក្រក់ណាស់។koat mean tumloab akrok nah.He has very bad habits.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about a movie they just watched.
- វិបុល Vibolតើអ្នកគិតយ៉ាងណាដែរចំពោះរឿងនេះ?tae neak kit yangna dae champous reueng nih?What do you think about this movie?
- ចិន្តា Chindaខ្ញុំគិតថាវាជារឿងដែលអាក្រក់ណាស់។khnhom kit tha vea chea reueng del akrok nah.I think it is a very bad movie.
- វិបុល Vibolមែនហើយ ខ្ញុំក៏មិនចូលចិត្តដែរ។men haey khnhom kor min chol chett dae.Indeed, I didn't like it either.
- ចិន្តា Chindaយើងគួរតែទៅមើលរឿងផ្សេងវិញ។yeung kuor tae tov muel reueng pseng vinh.We should go watch a different movie instead.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “bad” translations and entries អាក្រក់, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
