avere ragione

Italian

Etymology

Literally, to have reason. Compare French avoir raison.

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) 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”)