acertar (conjugate⇒) verbo transitivo ‹respuesta/resultado› to get … right;
a ver si aciertas quién es see if you can guess who it is
verbo intransitivo
1.
1. (dar, pegar): ~le a algo to hit sth;
tiró pero no le acertó he shot at it but (he) missed
2. (atinar) to be right;
acertaste con el regalo your present was perfect
2. (lograr) ~ a hacer algo to manage to do sth
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"Get right" is a slang phrase English speaking people use to tell other people they are off course, or not following a consistent and positive path in their work or in a relationship. For example: "You better get right with your wife or she's going to make you pay." Or, "You better get right with the Lord, or you're going to face some pretty tough consequences." Another very similar slang phrase is, "Make it right." Other slang phrases that mean something akin to "get right" are, "Get it together," and, "You're not right," or "Turn it around." It is also permissible and advisable to insert the interjection, "man" at the end of most of these phrases to add a note of authenticity and suave. For example, "Make it right, man." or "Get it together, man." It is also permisalble (with very very close friends or total strangers) to interject "Dude," for "man," but you lose a degree of credibility with such informality.