ostentar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin ostentāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ostentar (first-person singular present ostento, first-person singular preterite ostentí, past participle ostentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to display, to flaunt
- (transitive) to hold, to possess (a title or position)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ostentar (first conjugation)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ostentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ostentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “ostentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ostentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin ostentāre.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]ostentar (first-person singular present ostento, first-person singular preterite ostentei, past participle ostentado)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ostentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin ostentāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ostentar (first-person singular present ostento, first-person singular preterite ostenté, past participle ostentado)
- to display, to flaunt
- January 3rd, 1832, Necrologia Gaceta de Madrid, Imprenta Real, page 98:
- [...]; y conociendo su posición se fortaleció con los auxilios de la religión, ostentando hasta en su último aliento la resignación de un buen cristiano, y espirando como el hombre de bien, y con la serenidad de un bizarro militar.
- [...]; and knowing his position he strengthened himself with the aid of religion, flaunting in his last breath the resignation of a good Christian, and expiring as the good man, and with the serenity of a noble soldier.
- January 3rd, 1832, Necrologia Gaceta de Madrid, Imprenta Real, page 98:
- to hold, to possess (a title, position, nobility etc.)
- ostentar el récord
- hold the record
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ostentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of ostentar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ostentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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