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맞다

맞다

Korean

Verb

맞다 (matda) (infinitive 맞아, sequential 맞으니)

  1. (to agree, to suit)
    1. to be correct, right
      네 말이 맞는다ne mar-i manneunda ― You are right.
    2. to suit (one's liking), to meet (one's wishes)
    3. to agree (with), to be consistent (with)
    4. to be in harmony (with), to be in tune (with)
    5. to hit (the mark), to prove to be right
  2. (to meet)
    1. to meet (someone); to greet (a person, the New Year, a celebration)
    2. to take (a wife), to engage, to invite
  3. (to get, to suffer)
    1. to get a blow, to be struck
    2. to be caught in (rain, illness)
    3. to encounter (difficulty), to come across
    4. to get (an injection), to get (a mark, a rating)

Related terms

  • Causative forms: 맞추다 (matchuda, “to cause to fit”), 맞히다 (machida, “to cause to hit”)
  • Derived terms: 들어맞다 (deureomatda), 알맞다 (almatda), 걸맞다 (geolmatda)

Conjugation

Suffix

맞다 (matda)

  1. to be in a certain way, to have a certain appearance

Derived terms

  • 방정맞다 (bangjeongmatda)
  • 칠칠맞다 (chilchilmatda)
  • 익살맞다 (iksalmatda)
  • 궁상맞다 (gungsangmatda)
  • 쌀쌀맞다 (ssalssalmatda)
  • 능글맞다 (neunggeulmatda)
  • 능청맞다 (neungcheongmatda)