get married

verb

To become married (to someone).

“After a five-year engagement they finally decided to get married.”

Meanings

verbget married (third-person singular simple present gets married, present participle getting married, simple past got married, past participle (UK) got married or (US) gotten married)

present singular third person gets married · participle present getting married · past got married · UK participle past got married · US participle past gotten married

  1. intransitiveTo become married (to someone).

    After a five-year engagement he finally decided to get married to Ash.

  2. intransitivereciprocalTo become married (to each other).

    After a five-year engagement they finally decided to get married.

Synonyms & antonyms

Narrower

verbtake in marriage; married

Similar
marrywedconjoinhook up withget hitched withespousetiecuff
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic تَزَوَّجَ, تَزَوَّجَ
  • تَزَوَّجَ (tazawwaja)become married to someone
  • تَزَوَّجَ (tazawwaja)become married to each other
Bulgarian оже́нвам се, оже́ня се
  • оже́нвам се (ožénvam se)become married to someone
  • оже́ня се (ožénja se)become married to someone
Catalan casar-se
  • casar-sebecome married to someone
Chinese Mandarin 結婚 /结婚, 嫁
  • 結婚 /结婚 (jiéhūn)become married to someone
  • 嫁 (jià)become married to someone
  • 成家 (chéngjiā)become married to someone
  • 娶 (qǔ)become married to someone
  • 做妻子 (zuò qīzi)become married to someone
  • 結婚 /结婚 (jiéhūn)become married to each other
Czech brát si, vzít si
  • brát sibecome married to someone
  • vzít sibecome married to someone
  • ženit sebecome married to someone
  • oženit sebecome married to someone
  • vdávat sebecome married to someone
  • vdát sebecome married to someone
  • brát sebecome married to each other
  • vzít sebecome married to each other
Danish gifte sig, giftes
  • gifte sigbecome married to someone
  • giftesbecome married to each other
  • blive giftbecome married to each other
Esperanto edziĝi, edziniĝi
  • edziĝibecome married to someone
  • edziniĝibecome married to someone
  • geedziĝibecome married to each other
Finnish mennä naimisiin, avioitua
  • mennä naimisiinbecome married to someone
  • avioituabecome married to someone
  • mennä naimisiinbecome married to each other
  • avioituabecome married to each other
French se marier, se marier
  • se marierbecome married to someone
  • se marierbecome married to each other
German sich verheiraten, heiraten
  • sich verheiratenbecome married to someone
  • heiratenbecome married to someone
  • sich verheiratenbecome married to each other
Greek παντρεύομαι, παντρεύομαι
  • παντρεύομαι (pantrévomai)become married to someone
  • παντρεύομαι (pantrévomai)become married to each other
Hungarian megházasodik, összeházasodik
  • megházasodikbecome married to someone
  • összeházasodikbecome married to someone
  • megnősülbecome married to someone
  • feleségül veszbecome married to someone
  • férjhez megybecome married to someone
  • megházasodikbecome married to each other
Indonesian menikah
  • menikahbecome married to someone
Italian sposarsi, accasarsi
  • sposarsibecome married to someone
  • accasarsibecome married to someone
  • mettere su famigliabecome married to someone
  • sposarsibecome married to each other
Japanese 結婚する, 結婚する
  • 結婚する (kekkon suru)become married to someone
  • 結婚する (kekkon suru)become married to each other
Korean 결혼하다, 장가가다
  • 결혼하다 (gyeolhonhada)become married to someone
  • 장가가다 (janggagada)become married to someone
  • 시집가다 (sijipgada)become married to someone
  • 결혼하다 (gyeolhonhada)become married to each other
Latin marītor
  • marītorbecome married to someone
Latvian precēties, iet pie altāra
  • precētiesbecome married to someone
  • iet pie altārabecome married to someone
Polish brać ślub, wziąć ślub
  • brać ślubbecome married to someone
  • wziąć ślubbecome married to someone
  • żenić siębecome married to someone
  • ożenić siębecome married to someone
  • wychodzić za mążbecome married to someone
  • wyjść za mążbecome married to someone
  • pobierać siębecome married to each other
  • pobrać siębecome married to each other
Portuguese casar com, casar-se com
  • casar combecome married to someone
  • casar-se combecome married to someone
  • casar-sebecome married to each other
  • casarbecome married to each other
Romanian a se căsători, a se cununa
  • a se căsătoribecome married to someone
  • a se cununabecome married to someone
  • a se însurabecome married to someone
  • a se măritabecome married to someone
Russian жени́ться, выходи́ть за́муж
  • жени́ться (ženítʹsja)become married to someone
  • выходи́ть за́муж (vyxodítʹ zámuž)become married to someone
  • вы́йти за́муж (výjti zámuž)become married to someone
  • жени́ться (ženítʹsja)become married to each other
  • пожени́ться (poženítʹsja)become married to each other
Spanish casarse
  • casarsebecome married to someone
Swedish gifta sig, gifta sig
  • gifta sigbecome married to someone
  • gifta sigbecome married to each other
Turkish evlenmek, evlenmek
  • evlenmekbecome married to someone
  • evlenmekbecome married to each other
Ukrainian жени́тися, пожени́тися
  • жени́тися (ženýtysja)become married to someone
  • пожени́тися (poženýtysja)become married to someone
  • вихо́дити за́між (vyxódyty zámiž)become married to someone
  • ви́йти за́між (výjty zámiž)become married to someone
  • бра́ти шлюб (bráty šljub)become married to someone
  • одру́жуватися (odrúžuvatysja)become married to someone
  • одружи́тися (odružýtysja)become married to someone
  • побра́тися (pobrátysja)become married to someone
  • одружи́тися (odružýtysja)become married to each other
Vietnamese kết hôn, cưới
  • kết hônbecome married to someone
  • cướibecome married to someone
Welsh priodi, priodi
  • priodibecome married to someone
  • priodibecome married to each other
Yiddish חתונה האָבן
  • חתונה האָבן (khasene hobn)become married to someone
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“get married.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20married. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get married,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20married.

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