टक्कर लगना (takkar lagnaa)

verb A compound expression built from टक्कर (takkar, 'collision, clash') plus लगना (lagnaa); it describes a collision or impact happening to someone/something, framed with लगना (lagnaa) the way Hindi frames many involuntary physical events. One core sense, with a common extended use for a close contest or clash.
Sense 1 : to collide, crash, have an accident
verb, intransitive The person or vehicle affected is marked with को: गाड़ी को टक्कर लगी (gaadii ko takkar lagii, 'the car got hit'). The subject that actually strikes can be marked with से: ट्रक से टक्कर लगी (trak se takkar lagii, 'it collided with a truck').
Synonyms: टकराना (takraanaa), भिड़ना (bhidnaa, colloquial), दुर्घटना होना (durghatnaa honaa, more formal)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear this constantly in news reports about road accidents: दो गाड़ियों में टक्कर लगी (do gaadiyon men takkar lagii, 'there was a collision between two cars'). Like नींद आना (niind aanaa) or दर्द होना (dard honaa), it treats the accident as something that arrives or happens to you rather than something you actively cause, which is why लगना (lagnaa) fits so naturally here.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to make the person who was hit the subject with ने (ne), but this construction uses को (ko) instead, matching the dative-subject pattern of लगना (lagnaa) -- मुझे टक्कर लगी (mujhe takkar lagii, 'I got hit/collided'), not मैंने टक्कर लगी (mainne takkar lagii). 2) टक्कर मारना (takkar maarnaa) is a related but different phrase -- it means to deliberately ram/hit something, whereas टक्कर लगना (takkar lagnaa) presents the collision as something that happened, not something someone actively did.
Sample Sentences:
कल रात एक ट्रक से मेरी गाड़ी की टक्कर लग गई। Last night my car collided with a truck.
(kal raat ek trak se merii gaadii kii takkar lag gaii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
दो गाड़ियों में टक्कर लगी और सड़क पर जाम लग गया। There was a collision between two cars, and the road got jammed.
(do gaadiyon men takkar lagii aur sadak par jaam lag gayaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इस मोड़ पर हर हफ़्ते किसी न किसी की टक्कर लगती है। At this turn, someone or the other has a collision every week.
(is mod par har hafte kisii n kisii kii takkar lagtii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
धीरे चलाओ, वरना किसी से टक्कर लग जाएगी। Drive slowly, or you'll end up colliding with someone.
(dhiire chalaao, varnaa kisii se takkar lag jaaegii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
अगर ब्रेक टाइम पर लगते, तो टक्कर नहीं लगती। If the brakes had worked in time, there wouldn't have been a collision.
(agar brek taaim par lagte, to takkar nahiin lagtii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
पुलिस के अनुसार, हाईवे पर दो बसों की टक्कर लगने से पाँच लोग घायल हो गए। According to police, five people were injured when two buses collided on the highway.
(pulis ke anusaar, haaiive par do bason kii takkar lagne se paanch log ghaayal ho gae।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बच्चा साइकिल से गिर गया क्योंकि उसकी दीवार से टक्कर लग गई थी। The child fell off his bicycle because he had collided with the wall.
(bachchaa saaikil se gir gayaa kyonki uskii diivaar se takkar lag gaii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
कोहरे में कहीं टक्कर न लग जाए, इसलिए लाइट्स जला लो। Turn the lights on, so that you don't end up colliding with something in the fog.
(kohre men kahiin takkar n lag jaae, islie laaits jalaa lo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
टक्कर लगते ही एयरबैग खुल गया और उसकी जान बच गई। The moment the collision happened, the airbag deployed and his life was saved.
(takkar lagte hii eyarbaig khul gayaa aur uskii jaan bach gaii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मोड़ पर अंधाधुंध गाड़ी चलाने से टक्कर लगने का खतरा बढ़ जाता है। Driving recklessly at the turn increases the risk of a collision.
(mod par andhaadhundh gaadii chalaane se takkar lagne kaa khatraa badh jaataa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
जब मेरी गाड़ी की टक्कर लगी थी, तब मैं फ़ोन पर बात कर रहा था। When my car had the collision, I was talking on the phone.
(jab merii gaadii kii takkar lagii thii, tab main fon par baat kar rahaa thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Sense 2 : to be a close/tough contest or clash (figurative)
verb, intransitive Used impersonally to describe a contest between two evenly matched sides: दोनों टीमों में कड़ी टक्कर लगी (donon tiimon men kadii takkar lagii, 'there was a tough contest between the two teams').
Synonyms: मुक़ाबला होना (muqaablaa honaa), भिड़ंत होना (bhidant honaa, informal)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is the phrase you will hear during cricket commentary or election coverage when two sides are neck-and-neck -- टक्कर (takkar) alone as a noun (e.g. कड़ी टक्कर kadii takkar, 'a tough fight') is just as common as this verb form, so the two are worth learning together.
Sample Sentences:
दोनों टीमों के बीच कड़ी टक्कर लगी। There was a tough contest between the two teams.
(donon tiimon ke biich kadii takkar lagii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इस बार चुनाव में दोनों उम्मीदवारों के बीच टक्कर लगती है। This time in the election, there is a close contest between the two candidates.
(is baar chunaav men donon ummiidvaaron ke biich takkar lagtii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
फाइनल में दोनों टीमों के बीच खूब टक्कर लग रही है। There is quite a close fight going on between the two teams in the final.
(phaainal men donon tiimon ke biich khoob takkar lag rahii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर दोनों बल्लेबाज फॉर्म में रहे, तो कड़ी टक्कर लगेगी। If both batsmen are in form, it will be a tough contest.
(agar donon ballebaaj phorm men rahe, to kadii takkar lagegii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
काश दोनों दलों में इतनी कड़ी टक्कर न लगती, चुनाव इतना तनावपूर्ण न होता। If only there hadn't been such a tough contest between the two parties, the election wouldn't have been so tense.
(kaash donon dalon men itnii kadii takkar n lagtii, chunaav itnaa tanaavpoorn n hotaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
उम्मीद है कि सेमीफाइनल में दोनों टीमों के बीच कड़ी टक्कर लगे। Hopefully there will be a tough contest between the two teams in the semifinal.
(ummiid hai ki semiiphaainal men donon tiimon ke biich kadii takkar lage।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
भाई, आज के मैच में तो जमकर टक्कर लगी थी! Bro, today's match was a real close fight!
(bhaaii, aaj ke maich men to jamkar takkar lagii thii!)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इतिहास में शायद ही कभी दो साम्राज्यों के बीच ऐसी टक्कर लगी हो। Rarely in history has there been such a close clash between two empires.
(itihaas men shaayad hii kabhii do saamraajyon ke biich aisii takkar lagii ho।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
जब दोनों पार्टियों के वोट बराबर आए, तब जनता को समझ आया कि सच में कितनी कड़ी टक्कर लगी थी। When both parties got equal votes, the public understood just how tough a contest it had really been.
(jab donon paartiyon ke vot baraabar aae, tab jantaa ko samajh aayaa ki sach men kitnii kadii takkar lagii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Verb
infinitive: टक्कर लगना (takkar lagnaa)
infinitive oblique: टक्कर लगने (takkar lagne)
habitual/simple (sg.m): टक्कर लगता (takkar lagtaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m): टक्कर लगते (takkar lagte)
habitual/simple (sg.f): टक्कर लगती (takkar lagtii)
habitual/simple (pl.f): टक्कर लगतीं (takkar lagtiin)
continuous (sg.m): टक्कर लग रहा (takkar lag rahaa)
continuous (pl.m): टक्कर लग रहे (takkar lag rahe)
continuous (sg.f): टक्कर लग रही (takkar lag rahii)
continuous (pl.f): टक्कर लग रहीं (takkar lag rahiin)
perfective (sg.m): टक्कर लगा (takkar lagaa)
perfective (pl.m): टक्कर लगे (takkar lage)
perfective (sg.f): टक्कर लगी (takkar lagii)
perfective (pl.f): टक्कर लगीं (takkar lagiin)
imperative (informal): टक्कर लग (takkar lag)
imperative (neutral): टक्कर लगो (takkar lago)
imperative (formal): टक्कर लगिए (takkar lagie)
future (1sg.m): टक्कर लगूँगा (takkar lagoongaa)
future (1sg.f): टक्कर लगूँगी (takkar lagoongii)
future (1pl.m): टक्कर लगेंगे (takkar lagenge)
future (1pl.f): टक्कर लगेंगी (takkar lagengii)
future (2sg.m): टक्कर लगेगा (takkar lagegaa)
future (2sg.f): टक्कर लगेगी (takkar lagegii)
future (2pl.m): टक्कर लगोगे (takkar lagoge)
future (2pl.f): टक्कर लगोगी (takkar lagogii)
future (3sg.m): टक्कर लगेगा (takkar lagegaa)
future (3sg.f): टक्कर लगेगी (takkar lagegii)
future (3pl.m): टक्कर लगेंगे (takkar lagenge)
future (3pl.f): टक्कर लगेंगी (takkar lagengii)
subjunctive (1sg): टक्कर लगूँ (takkar lagoon)
subjunctive (1pl): टक्कर लगें (takkar lagen)
subjunctive (2sg): टक्कर लगे (takkar lage)
subjunctive (2pl): टक्कर लगो (takkar lago)
subjunctive (3sg): टक्कर लगे (takkar lage)
subjunctive (3pl): टक्कर लगें (takkar lagen)