for real

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Adjective

for real

1. (informal) Genuine, true; serious, earnest.

   Is his story for real?

   • 1996, Spice Girls (band), Wannabe (song)

     Oh, what do you think about that / Now you know how I feel / Say you could handle my love, are you for real?

Translations

• French: pour de vrai (familiar), véridique
• German: wahr, wirklich, wahrhaftig, real, (eine) Realität
• Spanish: ¿de veras?

Adverb

for real (not comparable)

1. Genuinely, truly.

   This recipe takes two hours to cook, for real!

Synonyms

• earnestly; see also Thesaurus:honestly

Antonyms

• for fake (humorous)

Translations

• French: bien sur, vraiment
• German: wirklich, ernsthaft, im Ernst
• Spanish: ¿de veras?

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