Caught in Malayalam
Caught, as the past of catch, is പിടിച്ചു (pidichu) in Malayalam. The final syllable is short and unstressed, pi-di-chu. It serves for caught a ball, caught a thief and held on to something, since the verb covers catching and holding together.
Caught, the past form of pidikkuka, to catch; seized, held or trapped; held, grasped, kept hold of; the past form of pidikkuka. Of a meeting or event held, Malayalam says nadatthi.
പോലീസ് കള്ളനെ പിടിച്ചു.
poleesu kallane pidichu.
The police caught the thief.
All Malayalam words for “caught”
- പിടിച്ചു (pidichu) — Caught, the past form of pidikkuka, to catch; seized, held or trapped; held, grasped, kept hold of; the past form of pidikkuka. Of a meeting or event held, Malayalam says nadatthi.
- അകപ്പെടുക (akappeduka) — Be caught in, be involved, be entrapped.
- ഉടക്കുക (udakkuka) — Obstruct, cause trouble, hinder, become entangled, be caught as by a thorn in the dress.
- കുടുങ്ങുക (kudunguka) — Stuck; caught or trapped and unable to move, jammed, held up.
- കേട്ടു (kettu) — Heard, caught a sound, came to hear of something; the past form of kelkkuka.
പിടിച്ചു (pidichu) is the ordinary past form, while കുടുങ്ങുക (kudunguka) means to be caught or stuck somewhere and അകപ്പെടുക (akappeduka) is to be caught up in a situation. കേട്ടു (kettu) is caught in the sense of caught a sound, and ഉടക്കുക (udakkuka) is to get snagged, as cloth caught on a thorn.
Common questions
How do you say caught in Malayalam?
Say പിടിച്ചു (pidichu), the past form of the verb to catch.
Which word fits being caught in traffic or caught in a jam?
കുടുങ്ങുക (kudunguka) is the one, since it means stuck or trapped and unable to move on.