मिटाना (mitaanaa)
verb
The causative counterpart of मिटना (mitnaa, 'to be erased/vanish'); मिटाना (mitaanaa) means to actively erase, wipe out, or eliminate something -- literally (writing, stains) or figuratively (memories, hunger, differences).
Sense
1
:
to erase, rub out, wipe off
verb, transitive
Synonyms: मिटा देना (mitaa denaa, compound verb variant)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Think of a teacher at the board saying बोर्ड मिटा दो (bord mitaa do, 'wipe the board clean') -- this is the most everyday, literal use, and it's the sense every learner meets first in a classroom or office context.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use मिटना (mitnaa) when they mean the transitive act of erasing something themselves -- मिटना (mitnaa) is what happens to the writing (it fades/gets erased on its own or as a result), while मिटाना (mitaanaa) is you doing the erasing. 2) With chalk/pencil marks, रगड़ना (ragadnaa, 'to rub/scrub') is a common near-synonym learners confuse -- मिटाना (mitaanaa) focuses on the result (the mark is gone), रगड़ना (ragadnaa) on the physical action.
Sample Sentences:
बोर्ड मिटा दो।
Wipe the board clean.
(bord mitaa do।)
मैं पेंसिल की लिखाई मिटा रहा हूँ।
I am erasing the pencil writing.
(main pensil kii likhaaii mitaa rahaa hoon।)
वह हर रोज़ क्लास खत्म होने के बाद बोर्ड मिटाता है।
He erases the board every day after class ends.
(vah har roz klaas khatm hone ke baad bord mitaataa hai।)
मैंने गलत जवाब मिटा दिया।
I erased the wrong answer.
(mainne galat javaab mitaa diyaa।)
क्या तुम व्हाइटबोर्ड मिटा सकते हो?
Can you wipe the whiteboard?
(kyaa tum vhaaitbord mitaa sakte ho?)
शिक्षक ने कहा कि बोर्ड मिटा दिया जाए।
The teacher said that the board should be wiped clean.
(shikshak ne kahaa ki bord mitaa diyaa jaae।)
अगर तुम पेंसिल से लिखते तो गलती आसानी से मिटा सकते।
If you had written in pencil, you could have easily erased the mistake.
(agar tum pensil se likhte to galtii aasaanii se mitaa sakte।)
बोर्ड डस्टर से मिटाया जाता है।
The board is wiped with a duster.
(bord dastar se mitaayaa jaataa hai।)
टीचर आने से पहले मॉनिटर बोर्ड मिटा देगा।
The monitor will wipe the board before the teacher comes.
(tiichar aane se pahle monitar bord mitaa degaa।)
उसने रबर से नोटबुक का पन्ना मिटा दिया था।
She had erased the notebook page with an eraser.
(usne rabar se notbuk kaa pannaa mitaa diyaa thaa।)
कृपया बोर्ड मिटा दें, अगली क्लास शुरू होने वाली है।
Please wipe the board, the next class is about to begin.
(kripyaa bord mitaa den, aglii klaas shuroo hone vaalii hai।)
Sense
2
:
to eliminate, destroy, wipe out (figurative)
verb, transitive
Synonyms: खत्म करना (khatm karnaa), नष्ट करना (nasht karnaa, stronger/more formal), मिटा देना (mitaa denaa, compound verb variant)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the मिटाना (mitaanaa) of slogans and speeches -- गरीबी मिटाओ (gariibii mitaao, 'eradicate poverty') is the classic political rallying-cry register, echoing the famous Congress-era slogan pattern; it also shows up warmly in personal contexts like दूरियां मिटाना (dooriyaan mitaanaa, 'to erase the distances/differences between people').
Common Mistakes: 1) In this figurative sense (poverty, hunger, differences, enemies), the compound form मिटा देना (mitaa denaa) is very common in speech to add finality -- learners who only use the plain verb sound slightly flatter, though both are correct.
Sample Sentences:
सरकार को गरीबी मिटानी चाहिए।
The government should eradicate poverty.
(sarkaar ko gariibii mitaanii chaahie।)
गरीबी मिटाओ, यही हमारा नारा है।
Eradicate poverty -- this is our slogan.
(gariibii mitaao, yahii hamaaraa naaraa hai।)
उसने अपने और अपने भाई के बीच की दूरियां मिटा दीं।
She erased the distances between herself and her brother.
(usne apne aur apne bhaaii ke biich kii dooriyaan mitaa diin।)
यह पार्टी भ्रष्टाचार मिटाने का वादा कर रही है।
This party is promising to eliminate corruption.
(yah paartii bhrashtaachaar mitaane kaa vaadaa kar rahii hai।)
अगर हम मिलकर काम करते तो अशिक्षा को कब का मिटा चुके होते।
If we had worked together, we would have wiped out illiteracy long ago.
(agar ham milkar kaam karte to ashikshaa ko kab kaa mitaa chuke hote।)
कोई भी ताकत हमारे इरादों को नहीं मिटा सकती।
No power can wipe out our resolve.
(koii bhii taakat hamaare iraadon ko nahiin mitaa saktii।)
आतंकवाद को मिटाने के लिए पूरे देश को एक होना पड़ेगा।
To eliminate terrorism, the whole country will have to unite.
(aatankvaad ko mitaane ke lie poore desh ko ek honaa padegaa।)
नेता ने भाषण में कहा कि वे भूखमरी मिटा देंगे।
The leader said in his speech that they would wipe out starvation.
(netaa ne bhaashan men kahaa ki ve bhookhamrii mitaa denge।)
बरसों की दुश्मनी को एक मुलाकात में मिटा देना आसान नहीं होता।
Wiping out years of enmity in a single meeting is not usually easy.
(barson kii dushmnii ko ek mulaakaat men mitaa denaa aasaan nahiin hotaa।)
बेरोजगारी तब तक नहीं मिटाई जा सकती जब तक नीतियां नहीं बदलतीं।
Unemployment cannot be eliminated until the policies change.
(berojgaarii tab tak nahiin mitaaii jaa saktii jab tak niitiyaan nahiin badaltiin।)
उन दोनों देशों के बीच की दूरियां आखिरकार मिट गईं।
The distances between those two countries were finally erased.
(un donon deshon ke biich kii dooriyaan aakhirkaar mit gaiin।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
मिटाना
(mitaanaa)
infinitive oblique:
मिटाने
(mitaane)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
मिटाता
(mitaataa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
मिटाते
(mitaate)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
मिटाती
(mitaatii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
मिटातीं
(mitaatiin)
continuous (sg.m):
मिटा रहा
(mitaa rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
मिटा रहे
(mitaa rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
मिटा रही
(mitaa rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
मिटा रहीं
(mitaa rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
मिटाया
(mitaayaa)
perfective (pl.m):
मिटाए
(mitaae)
perfective (sg.f):
मिटाई
(mitaaii)
perfective (pl.f):
मिटाईं
(mitaaiin)
imperative (informal):
मिटा
(mitaa)
imperative (neutral):
मिटाओ
(mitaao)
imperative (formal):
मिटाइए
(mitaaie)
future (1sg.m):
मिटाऊँगा
(mitaaoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
मिटाऊँगी
(mitaaoongii)
future (1pl.m):
मिटाएँगे
(mitaaenge)
future (1pl.f):
मिटाएँगी
(mitaaengii)
future (2sg.m):
मिटाएगा
(mitaaegaa)
future (2sg.f):
मिटाएगी
(mitaaegii)
future (2pl.m):
मिटाओगे
(mitaaoge)
future (2pl.f):
मिटाओगी
(mitaaogii)
future (3sg.m):
मिटाएगा
(mitaaegaa)
future (3sg.f):
मिटाएगी
(mitaaegii)
future (3pl.m):
मिटाएँगे
(mitaaenge)
future (3pl.f):
मिटाएँगी
(mitaaengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
मिटाऊँ
(mitaaoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
मिटाएँ
(mitaaen)
subjunctive (2sg):
मिटाए
(mitaae)
subjunctive (2pl):
मिटाओ
(mitaao)
subjunctive (3sg):
मिटाए
(mitaae)
subjunctive (3pl):
मिटाएँ
(mitaaen)