पाद छोड़ना (paad chhodnaa)
verb
A blunt, physical-comedy verb phrase meaning 'to fart' -- built from पाद (paad, 'fart', the noun) plus छोड़ना (chhodnaa, 'to release/let go'), literally 'to release a fart.' Casual/crude register; see CulturalNote for tone.
Sense
1
:
to fart, to pass gas
verb, transitive The object पाद (paad) is built into the phrase itself, so छोड़ना (chhodnaa) here behaves like a light verb completing a fixed noun+verb pair rather than taking a separate free object.
Synonyms: पादना (paadnaa, one-word variant), गैस छोड़ना (gais chhodnaa, milder/euphemistic)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is the kind of phrase that shows up in Hindi comedy sketches and college banter, not in textbooks -- it belongs to the same earthy, body-function humor that Hindi shares with most languages. Among friends it gets a laugh; used carelessly in front of family it can genuinely embarrass, so context and company matter a lot here.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes treat this as neutral/clinical, but it is a crude, joking phrase -- fine among close friends or in slapstick contexts, but not something you'd say in front of elders or in polite company. 2) The one-word verb पादना (paadnaa) is just as common and even blunter; पाद छोड़ना (paad chhodnaa) feels very slightly more 'described' or narrated, like in a joke or story, rather than a direct blurted admission.
Sample Sentences:
वो क्लास में पाद छोड़ बैठा था, सब हँसने लगे।
He farted in class, and everyone started laughing.
(vo klaas men paad chhod baithaa thaa, sab hansne lage।)
यार, इतनी बदबू क्यों है? किसने पाद छोड़ा?
Dude, why does it smell so bad? Who farted?
(yaar, itnii badboo kyon hai? kisne paad chhodaa?)
वो हर बार खाना खाने के बाद पाद छोड़ता है।
He farts every time after eating.
(vo har baar khaanaa khaane ke baad paad chhodtaa hai।)
मत पाद छोड़ यहाँ, बाहर जाकर छोड़!
Don't fart here, go outside and fart!
(mat paad chhod yahaan, baahar jaakar chhod!)
अगर तू लिफ्ट में पाद छोड़ेगा तो सब भाग जाएँगे।
If you fart in the elevator, everyone will run away.
(agar too lipht men paad chhodegaa to sab bhaag jaaenge।)
पार्टी में वो इतनी जोर से पाद छोड़ बैठा कि सब चौंक गए।
At the party he farted so loudly that everyone was startled.
(paartii men vo itnii jor se paad chhod baithaa ki sab chaunk gae।)
क्लास में अभी कोई पाद छोड़ रहा है, बदबू आ रही है।
Someone is farting in class right now, there's a smell coming.
(klaas men abhii koii paad chhod rahaa hai, badboo aa rahii hai।)
अगर मैं यहाँ पाद छोड़ दूँ तो सब मुझसे नाराज़ हो जाएँगे।
If I were to fart here, everyone would get angry with me.
(agar main yahaan paad chhod doon to sab mujhse naaraaz ho jaaenge।)
अगर वो सबके सामने पाद छोड़ता, तो बहुत शर्मिंदा होता।
If he had farted in front of everyone, he would have been really embarrassed.
(agar vo sabke saamne paad chhodtaa, to bahut sharmindaa hotaa।)
दोस्तों के बीच बैठे-बैठे उससे पाद छूट गया और सब हँस पड़े।
Sitting among friends, a fart just slipped out of him and everyone burst out laughing.
(doston ke biich baithe-baithe usse paad chhoot gayaa aur sab hans pade।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
पाद छोड़ना
(paad chhodnaa)
infinitive oblique:
पाद छोड़ने
(paad chhodne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
पाद छोड़ता
(paad chhodtaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
पाद छोड़ते
(paad chhodte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
पाद छोड़ती
(paad chhodtii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
पाद छोड़तीं
(paad chhodtiin)
continuous (sg.m):
पाद छोड़ रहा
(paad chhod rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
पाद छोड़ रहे
(paad chhod rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
पाद छोड़ रही
(paad chhod rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
पाद छोड़ रहीं
(paad chhod rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
पाद छोड़ा
(paad chhodaa)
perfective (pl.m):
पाद छोड़े
(paad chhode)
perfective (sg.f):
पाद छोड़ी
(paad chhodii)
perfective (pl.f):
पाद छोड़ीं
(paad chhodiin)
imperative (informal):
पाद छोड़
(paad chhod)
imperative (neutral):
पाद छोड़ो
(paad chhodo)
imperative (formal):
पाद छोड़िए
(paad chhodie)
future (1sg.m):
पाद छोड़ूँगा
(paad chhodoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
पाद छोड़ूँगी
(paad chhodoongii)
future (1pl.m):
पाद छोड़ेंगे
(paad chhodenge)
future (1pl.f):
पाद छोड़ेंगी
(paad chhodengii)
future (2sg.m):
पाद छोड़ेगा
(paad chhodegaa)
future (2sg.f):
पाद छोड़ेगी
(paad chhodegii)
future (2pl.m):
पाद छोड़ोगे
(paad chhodoge)
future (2pl.f):
पाद छोड़ोगी
(paad chhodogii)
future (3sg.m):
पाद छोड़ेगा
(paad chhodegaa)
future (3sg.f):
पाद छोड़ेगी
(paad chhodegii)
future (3pl.m):
पाद छोड़ेंगे
(paad chhodenge)
future (3pl.f):
पाद छोड़ेंगी
(paad chhodengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
पाद छोड़ूँ
(paad chhodoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
पाद छोड़ें
(paad chhoden)
subjunctive (2sg):
पाद छोड़े
(paad chhode)
subjunctive (2pl):
पाद छोड़ो
(paad chhodo)
subjunctive (3sg):
पाद छोड़े
(paad chhode)
subjunctive (3pl):
पाद छोड़ें
(paad chhoden)