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be right

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To be correct in one's judgment or statement about something. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: be wrong, be mistaken, err

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Arabic: أَحَقَّ (ʔaḥaqqa) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Arabic: كَانَ عَلَى حَقٍّ (kāna ʕalā ḥaqqin) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Asturian: tar no correcto — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Asturian: tener razón — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Asturian: llevar la razón — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Asturian: llevar la voz cantante — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Belarusian: мець ра́цыю (mjecʹ rácyju) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Bulgarian: прав съм (prav sǎm) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Catalan: tenir raó — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 是對的 /是对的 (shì duì de) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Czech: mít pravdu — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Danish: have ret — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Dutch: gelijk hebben — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Esperanto: ĝusti — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Esperanto: pravi — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Finnish: olla oikeassa — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • French: avoir raison — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • German: recht haben — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • German: im Recht sein — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Greek: έχω δίκιο (écho díkio) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Hebrew: צָדַק (tzadáq) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Hungarian: igaza van — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Indonesian: benar — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Italian: avere ragione — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Japanese: 正しい (tadashii) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Korean: 옳다 (olta) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Korean: 맞다 (matda) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Latin: rēctē dīcō/loquor/agō/putō/sentiō — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ha rett — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Polish: mieć rację — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Polish: mieć słuszność — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Portuguese: estar certo — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Portuguese: ter razão — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Romanian: avea dreptate — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Russian: быть пра́вым (bytʹ právym) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Silesian: mieć recht — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Spanish: tener razón — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Spanish: estar en lo correcto — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Swedish: ha rätt — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Thai: ถูก (tùuk) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Turkish: haklı — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Ukrainian: ма́ти ра́цію (máty ráciju) — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
  • Vietnamese: đúng — be correct in one's judgement or statement about something