बचना

to escape, to survive, to avoid

b ə t͡ʃ n ɑː

बच to escape, to survive + ना Infinitive

verb · singular masculine, nominative / 2nd-person informal, future tense Rare #9,407

to escape, to survive Without से, often means to survive; with से, can mean to escape from something.

HI: उस हादसे में बचना आसान नहीं था।

EN: Surviving that accident wasn’t easy.

to avoid Often used with से to mean “to avoid” someone or something.

HI: हमें ऐसी गलती से बचना चाहिए।

EN: We should avoid making that kind of mistake.

Conjugation of बचना

Indicative past

Imperative present

	Singular	Plural
Second	बच	—

Indicative future

Imperative future

बचना

They should be spared—let them answer.

— OMG 2 (2023)

You’re not getting out of this one.

— Black Friday (2004)

And the biggest challenge was avoiding the police.

— Dunki (2023)

Watch out!

— The Boss Baby (2017)

They must not survive.

— धुरंधर (2025)

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