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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
correct adj (accurate)correcto/a adj
 The student gave the correct answer.
 El estudiante dio la respuesta correcta.
correct adj (person: what they said is true)tener razón loc verb
  (formal)estar en lo correcto loc verb
 Yes, Maya, you're correct; they do indeed drive on the left in Thailand.
 Si, Maya, tienes razón, en Tailandia conducen por la izquierda.
correct adj (appropriate)correcto/a adj
  apropiado/a adj
 Yes, I think he did the correct thing by calling her.
 Sí, creo que hizo lo correcto al llamarla.
 Sí, creo que hizo lo apropiado al llamarla.
correct [sth]⇒ vtr (teacher: mark, grade)corregir⇒ vtr
 The teacher needs to correct the papers by Friday.
 La maestra necesita corregir los trabajos para el viernes.
correct [sth] vtr (set right)corregir⇒ vtr
  enmendar⇒ vtr
 He corrected the drawing before his boss saw it.
 Corrigió el dibujo antes de que su jefe lo viera.
 Enmendó el dibujo antes de que su jefe lo viera.
correct [sb],
correct [sb] for [sth]⇒ vtr		 dated (punish)castigar a vtr + prep
 Mrs. Reed frequently had to correct Jane for her bad behaviour.
 La señorita Reed tenía que castigar a Jane por su mal comportamiento con frecuencia.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
correct change n (exact sum required in coins) (MX, coloquial)feria exacta nf + adj
 I always try to pay with correct change when I have a lot of extra coins.
 Trato siempre de pagar con la feria exacta para deshacerme de las monedas.
  cambio exacto nm + adj
  cambio justo nm + adj
correct usage n (language: proper use)uso correcto loc nom m
 El uso correcto del lenguaje es básico.
politically correct adj usually pejorative (avoiding racism, sexism, etc.)políticamente correcto loc adj
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'correct' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
absolutely right - accurate - alignment - amend - approved - as it ought to be - as it should be - autocorrect - bon ton - carry a tune - check mark - conjugate - cosmetic surgery - dead right - dharma - disproportional - disproportionate - dosage - errant - exactly - fit - fix a bug - get on track - get right - go astray - good - grade - grammatical - impediment - improve - in order - in sequence - in tune - inaccurate - incommensurate - incorrigible - laser eye surgery - make right - misaligned - not exactly - nunc pro tunc - off beam - on the beat - on the mark - on the money - on the right track - on track - overcompensate - PC - position
Spanish:
acertado - corregir - reformar - reparar - subsanar - remendar - rectificar - acierto - así no se vale - bien visto - correcto - corregir sus errores - corrígeme si me equivoco - estar en lo correcto - gramatical - inflado a la presión correcta - ortofonía - ortología - si las cuentas no me fallan

Collocations: correct [his pronunciation, her speech, my spelling], the correct [answer, amount, order, information], correcting [my mistakes, your errors], more...

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