ostentación

f.

ostentation, vanity, boasting, bragging.

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ostentación

► nombre femenino

1 ostentation

■ vive sin ostentación alguna she lives totally without ostentation

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FRASEOLOGÍA

con ostentación ostentatiously

hacer ostentación to be ostentatious

hacer ostentación de algo to flaunt something

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noun f.

display

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SF

1) (=exhibición) ostentation

2) (=acto) show, display

hacer ostentación de — to flaunt, parade, show off

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femenino ostentation

hacen ostentación de su fortuna — they flaunt o parade their wealth

con ostentación — ostentatiously

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= parade, ostentation, trumpet-blowing, lavishness, bragging, boasting.

Ex. An enquirer upstaged by a virtuoso parade of knowledge may be unwilling to venture into the limelight again.

Ex. However, the pomp and ostentation of the annual meeting, first called Council, then General Conference (alias Congress), which attracts growing numbers of professionals, leads to IFLA taking on a mythical or ritualistic aspect where appearances replace content.

Ex. Any misgivings the reader might have about such a book are allayed by the general lack of trumpet-blowing.

Ex. The lavishness of the presentation imbues the show with conviction and almost distracts from the ridiculousness of its apocalyptic posturing.

Ex. The war in Lebanon began with bragging and ended with bragging.

Ex. Boasting is like lying because you are not telling the truth about yourself.

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femenino ostentation

hacen ostentación de su fortuna — they flaunt o parade their wealth

con ostentación — ostentatiously

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= parade, ostentation, trumpet-blowing, lavishness, bragging, boasting.

Ex: An enquirer upstaged by a virtuoso parade of knowledge may be unwilling to venture into the limelight again.

Ex: However, the pomp and ostentation of the annual meeting, first called Council, then General Conference (alias Congress), which attracts growing numbers of professionals, leads to IFLA taking on a mythical or ritualistic aspect where appearances replace content.

Ex: Any misgivings the reader might have about such a book are allayed by the general lack of trumpet-blowing.

Ex: The lavishness of the presentation imbues the show with conviction and almost distracts from the ridiculousness of its apocalyptic posturing.

Ex: The war in Lebanon began with bragging and ended with bragging.

Ex: Boasting is like lying because you are not telling the truth about yourself.

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ostentación

feminine

ostentation

hacen ostentación de su fortuna they flaunt o parade their wealth

viste con ostentación she dresses ostentatiously

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ostentación sustantivo femenino
ostentation
ostentación sustantivo femenino ostentation: hace ostentación de su riqueza, she flaunts her wealth
'ostentación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
parafernalia
- relumbrón
English:
flaunt
- glitz
- ostentation
- flash
- parade

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ostentación nf

ostentation, show;

hacer ostentación de algo to show sth off, to parade sth

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ostentación

f ostentation;

hacer ostentación de flaunt

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ostentación nf, pl -ciones : ostentation, display