Meanings
verbbe right (third-person singular simple present is right, present participle being right, simple past was right, past participle been right)
present singular third person is right · participle present being right · past was right · participle past been right
- To be correct in one's judgment or statement about something. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Antonyms: be wrong, be mistaken, err
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic أَصَابَ, أَحَقَّ
- أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
- أَحَقَّ (ʔaḥaqqa)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
- كَانَ عَلَى حَقٍّ (kāna ʕalā ḥaqqin)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Bulgarian прав съм
- прав съм (prav săm)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Catalan tenir raó
- tenir raóbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Chinese Mandarin 是對的 /是对的
- 是對的 /是对的 (shì duì de)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Czech mít pravdu
- mít pravdube correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Danish have ret
- have retbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Dutch gelijk hebben
- gelijk hebbenbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Esperanto ĝusti, pravi
- ĝustibe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
- pravibe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Finnish olla oikeassa
- olla oikeassabe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
French avoir raison
- avoir raisonbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
German recht haben, im Recht sein
- recht habenbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
- im Recht seinbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Greek έχω δίκιο
- έχω δίκιο (écho díkio)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Hebrew צָדַק
- צָדַק (tzadáq)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Hungarian igaza van
- igaza vanbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Indonesian benar
- benarbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Italian avere ragione
- avere ragionebe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Japanese 正しい
- 正しい (tadashii)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Korean 옳다, 맞다
- 옳다 (olta)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
- 맞다 (matda)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Latin rēctē dīcō/loquor/agō/putō/sentiō
- rēctē dīcō/loquor/agō/putō/sentiōbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Norwegian Bokmål ha rett
- ha rettbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Polish mieć rację, mieć słuszność
- mieć racjębe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
- mieć słusznośćbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Portuguese estar certo, ter razão
- estar certobe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
- ter razãobe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Romanian avea dreptate
- avea dreptatebe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Russian быть пра́вым
- быть пра́вым (bytʹ právym)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Spanish tener razón, estar en lo correcto
- tener razónbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
- estar en lo correctobe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
- tener toda la razónbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Swedish ha rätt
- ha rättbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Thai ถูก
- ถูก (tùuk)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Turkish haklı
- haklıbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Ukrainian ма́ти ра́цію
- ма́ти ра́цію (máty ráciju)be correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Vietnamese đúng
- đúngbe correct in one's judgement or statement about something
Cite this entry
APA
be right. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20right
MLA
“be right.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20right. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “be right,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20right.
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