avere ragione

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to have reason”. Compare French avoir raison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈve.re raˈd͡ʒo.ne/
• Hyphenation: a‧vé‧re‧ra‧gió‧ne

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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

   ho ragione ― I am right

Related terms

• dare ragione