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Meaning of Boast | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

bəʊst

Definitions

A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
Something that one brags about.
A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

Equivalents

Afrikaans spog

العربية المفخرة تباهى

Azərbaycanca lovğalanmaq lovğalıq maxtanmaq öyünmək

Беларуская хвалі́цца

Català ostentació presumir vanar-se vantar vantar-se

Čeština chlouba chlubit se samochvála

Cymraeg bost brol brolio ymffrostio

Deutsch angeben prahlen

Ελληνικά καύχημα κομπάζω υπερηφανεύομαι

Español alabarse alarde alardear alardear de cacarear contar con dragonear dragonear de fanfarronada fanfarronear fanfarronear sobre fardar fardar de gabarse jactancia jactarse de ostentación ostentar pavonearse presumir presumir de presunción ufanarse vanagloria vanagloriarse de

فارسی بوش لاف

Suomi kerskailla kerskua lesottaa leuhkia omakehu rehennellä

Français double-mur fanfaronnade se vanter vantardise vanter

Gaeilge braig

Galego borrear chufa chufar gabar

עברית התפאר

Magyar felvág henceg hencegés kérkedik nagyzol

Հայերեն պարծենալ

Íslenska gort mont sjálfshól

Italiano guasconeria vantare vantarsi vanteria vanto

日本語力む夸自慢自慢する訏誇

ខ្មែរ បង្អួត បំផ្លើស អួត

한국어 施訏 뽐내다 자랑 자랑하다 자만하다

Kurdî bost Gabar

Latina glorior vanito

ລາວ ຄຸຍໂຕ ຄຸຍໂມ້ ເວົ້າອາດ

Lietuvių didžiuotis

Македонски се фали фалење

മലയാളം പൊങ്ങച്ചം വീമ്പടിക്കുക വീമ്പ്

မြန်မာဘာသာ ကြွား ဝင်း ဝါ

Nederlands opscheppen opschepperij

Polski chlubić się chwalić się przechwalać się samochwalstwo szczycić się

Português exibir-se gabar gabar-se jactar jactar-se ostentação ostentar vangloriar-se

Română fanfaronadă lăudăroșenie

Русский бахвалиться бахвальство самохвальство хвали́ться хвастать хвастаться хвастовство́

Svenska skrävla skryt skryta

తెలుగు గప్పాలు

ไทย โม่

Türkçe böbürlenme böbürlenmek iftihar etmek Övünç övünce övünme övünmek

Українська хвали́тися хвальба́ хва́статися хизуватися

Tiếng Việt khoác lác khóe khoe khoang nói khoác

Examples

“It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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