Phrase guide

right now

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌraɪt ˈnaʊ
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: ˈraɪt ˌnaʊ/
  • Northumbria: /ˈɹiːt nuː/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

adv

Meaning 1

At the present moment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I'm not feeling very good right now.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Immediately.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • You'd better get out of here right now!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akkadian: kīma inanna — at this precise moment
  • Armenian: հե՛նց հիմա (héncʻ hima) — at this precise moment
  • Basque: oraintxe — at this precise moment
  • Catalan: ara mateix — at this precise moment
  • Cherokee: ᎲᎴᏊ (hvlequu) — at this precise moment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 現在 /现在 (xiànzài) — at this precise moment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 此時 /此时 (cǐshí) — at this precise moment
  • Danish: lige nu — at this precise moment
  • Dutch: momenteel — at this precise moment
  • Esperanto: ĝuste nun — at this precise moment
  • Finnish: juuri nyt — at this precise moment
  • Finnish: välittömästi — at this precise moment
  • Finnish: nyt heti — at this precise moment
  • French: en ce moment — at this precise moment
  • Galician: agora mesmo — at this precise moment
  • Georgian: ამწუთას (amc̣utas) — at this precise moment
  • Georgian: ახლავე (axlave) — at this precise moment
  • German: gerade jetzt — at this precise moment
  • German: genau jetzt — at this precise moment
  • Greek: τώρα αμέσως (tóra amésos) — at this precise moment
  • Hebrew: כרגע — at this precise moment
  • Hebrew: עכשיו — at this precise moment
  • Hebrew: עכשיו בדיוק — at this precise moment
  • Hindi: अभी (abhī) — at this precise moment
  • Hungarian: éppen most — at this precise moment
  • Hungarian: épp most — at this precise moment
  • Hungarian: most éppen — at this precise moment
  • Hungarian: most — at this precise moment
  • Hungarian: jelenleg — at this precise moment
  • Hungarian: jelen pillanatban — at this precise moment
  • Hungarian: pillanatnyilag — at this precise moment
  • Japanese: 今すぐ (ima sugu) — at this precise moment
  • Khmer: ឥឡូវហ្នឹង (i’ləv nɨŋ) — at this precise moment
  • Malagasy: izao dieny izao — at this precise moment
  • Māori: ināia tonu nei — at this precise moment
  • Marathi: अत्ताच (attāc) — at this precise moment
  • Marathi: याच वेळी (yāc veḷī) — at this precise moment
  • Mongolian: яг одоо (jag odoo) — at this precise moment
  • Navajo: tʼáá kʼad — at this precise moment
  • Norwegian: akkurat nå — at this precise moment
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: akkurat no — at this precise moment
  • Old English: nū rihte — at this precise moment
  • Persian: الان (alân) — at this precise moment
  • Persian: هماکنون (ham-aknun) — at this precise moment
  • Persian: در حال حاضر (dar hâl-e hâzer) — at this precise moment
  • Polish: właśnie teraz — at this precise moment
  • Portuguese: agora mesmo — at this precise moment
  • Romanian: chiar acum — at this precise moment
  • Russian: пря́мо сейча́с (prjámo sejčás) — at this precise moment
  • Russian: как ра́з сейча́с (kak ráz sejčás) — at this precise moment
  • Russian: в э́тот моме́нт (v étot momént) — at this precise moment
  • Serbo-Croatian: управо сада — at this precise moment
  • Serbo-Croatian: upravo sada — at this precise moment
  • Slovak: práve — at this precise moment
  • Spanish: ahora mismo — at this precise moment
  • Spanish: ahorita — at this precise moment
  • Spanish: agoritamente — at this precise moment
  • Spanish: ahorininga — at this precise moment
  • Spanish: ahoritica — at this precise moment
  • Spanish: ahoritita — at this precise moment
  • Spanish: ahorititita — at this precise moment
  • Spanish: untualito — at this precise moment
  • Spanish: utualito — at this precise moment
  • Spanish: horita — at this precise moment
  • Swahili: sasa hivi — at this precise moment
  • Swedish: just nu — at this precise moment
  • Tày: cà này — at this precise moment
  • Tày: cay này — at this precise moment
  • Turkish: şu anda — at this precise moment
  • Ukrainian: пря́мо за́раз (prjámo záraz) — at this precise moment
  • Vietnamese: ngay lập tức — at this precise moment
  • Welsh: ar hyn o bryd — at this precise moment