right in Tagalog
kanan
/ɹaɪt/
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British/ɹɑjt/
right in Tagalog: kanan, tama, wasto, diretso. In English, right means designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →.
Tagalog words for right
- of direction, opposite of left
- kanan
- complying with justice, correct — see also be right
- tama, wasto
- (archaic) straight, not bent — see also straight
- diretso
- (geometry) of an angle, measuring 90 degrees
- tadlungin, tadlong
- checking agreement
- diba
- legal or moral entitlement — see also entitlement, privilege, prerogative
- karapatan
English meaning of right
- adjective Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →.
- adjective Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
- adjective Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
- adjective Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
right in a sentence
- Near-synonym: starboard
- After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
- The road up ahead contains a right bend.
Synonyms of right
right in other languages
- right in Hindi
- right in Tamil
- right in Marathi
- right in Urdu
- right in Bengali
- right in Telugu
- right in Malayalam
- right in Kannada
- right in Punjabi
- right in Gujarati
- right in Odia
- right in Sanskrit
- right in Assamese
- right in Nepali
- right in Pashto
- right in Arabic
- right in Malay
- right in Indonesian
- right in Persian
- right in Thai
- right in Vietnamese
- right in Myanmar
Questions about right in Tagalog
- What is the meaning of right in Tagalog?
- Right in Tagalog is kanan, tama, wasto, diretso.
- Ano ang right sa Tagalog?
- Right: kanan, tama, wasto, diretso.
- What does right mean in English?
- Right means designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: right (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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