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English
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Adjective
for real (comparative more for real, superlative most for real)
- (informal) Genuine, true; serious, earnest.
Is his story for real?
1968 September 6, “Outreach in the inner city makes library 'for real'”, in Christian Science Monitor:[…] demonstration sponsored by the library may make the library more' "for real" to the inner-city person
1996, “Wannabe”, in Spice, performed by Spice Girls:Oh, what do you think about that / Now you know how I feel / Say you could handle my love, are you for real?
Translations
genuine, true or natural
- Catalan: de debò (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 真實／真实 (zh) (zhēnshí)
- Finnish: aito (fi), tosi (fi), totta (fi)
- French: pour de vrai (fr) (familiar), véridique (fr) m or f
- German: wahr (de), wirklich (de), wahrhaftig (de), real (de), (eine) Realität
- Japanese: マジ
- Spanish: ¿de veras?
- Swedish: riktig (sv), korrekt (sv), sann (sv), på riktigt
- Turkish: gerçek (tr), gerçekten (tr), cidden (tr), vallahi (tr)
- Turkish: gerçek (tr)
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Adverb
for real (not comparable)
- Genuinely, truly.
- This recipe takes two hours to cook, for real!
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