avere ragione

Italian

Etymology

From avere (“to have”) +‎ ragione (“reason”). Compare French avoir raison, Spanish tener razón, Portuguese ter razão, Catalan tenir raó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈve.re raˈd͡ʒo.ne/

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• Hyphenation: a‧vé‧re‧ra‧gió‧ne

Verb

avére ragione (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò ragione, first-person singular past historic èbbi ragione or ébbi ragione, past participle avùto ragione, first-person singular future avrò ragione, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia ragione, second-person singular imperative àbbi ragione, auxiliary avére)

1. to be right

   Antonym: avere torto

   ho ragione

   I am right

   (literally, “I have reason”)

Related terms

• dare ragione