ter razão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “to have reason”. Compare French avoir raison, Spanish tener razón, Catalan tenir raó.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte(ʁ) ʁaˈzɐ̃w̃/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈte(ɾ) ʁaˈzɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈte(ʁ) ʁaˈzɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte(ɻ) ʁaˈzɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈteɾ ʁɐˈzɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɾi ʁɐˈzɐ̃w̃/

Verb

ter razão (first-person singular present tenho razão, first-person singular preterite tive razão, past participle tido razão)

to be right, to be correct

References

“razão”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024

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