boast

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bəʊst/
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• General-American: /boʊst/
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From Middle English bosten, from bost (“boast, glory, noise, arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity”), probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad”). Cognate with Scots bost, boist (“to threaten, brag, boast”), Anglo-Norman bost (“ostentation”) (from Germanic). Related to Norwegian baus (“proud, bold, daring”), dialectal German baustern (“to swell”), German böse (“evil, bad, angry”), Dutch boos (“evil, wicked, angry”), West Frisian boas (“bad, wicked, angry, shrewd, clever”). Compare also dialectal Norwegian bausta, busta (“to rush onward, make a noise”). Possible doublet of boost. Compare typologically puffy, Russian напы́щенный (napýščennyj), наду́тый (nadútyj).

249 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: spog — brag
• Armenian: պարծենկոտություն (parcenkotutʻyun) — brag
• Azerbaijani: lovğalıq — brag
• Azerbaijani: gopçuluq — brag
• Azerbaijani: öyüngənlik — brag
• Azerbaijani: öyünmə — brag
• Belarusian: хвальба́ (xvalʹbá) — brag
• Belarusian: самахва́льства (samaxválʹstva) — brag
• Central Bikol: hambog — brag
• Central Bikol: butog — brag
• Central Bikol: hawhaw — brag
• Bulgarian: самохва́лство (samohválstvo) — brag
• Catalan: ostentació — brag
• Chinese Mandarin: 吹牛 (chuīniú) — brag
• Czech: samochvála — brag
• Danish: pral — brag
• Dutch: opschepperij — brag
• Esperanto: fanfaronaĵo — brag
• Finnish: omakehu — brag
• French: vantardise — brag
• French: fanfaronnade — brag
• Galician: chufa — brag
• German: Angeben — brag
• German: Prahlen — brag
• Ancient Greek: καύχημα (kaúkhēma) — brag
• Ancient Greek: κόμπος (kómpos) — brag
• Hebrew: התרברבות (hitravr'vút) — brag
• Hebrew: התפארות (hitpa'arút) — brag
• Hungarian: hencegés — brag
• Hungarian: dicsekvés — brag
• Icelandic: mont — brag
• Icelandic: gort — brag
• Icelandic: sjálfshól — brag
• Irish: braig — brag
• Italian: vanteria — brag
• Italian: guasconeria — brag
• Italian: vanto — brag
• Japanese: 自慢 (jiman) — brag
• Macedonian: фалење (falenje) — brag
• Malayalam: പൊങ്ങച്ചം (poṅṅaccaṁ) — brag
• Malayalam: വീമ്പ് (vīmpŭ) — brag
• Mongolian: сайрхах (sajrxax) — brag
• Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠢᠢᠷᠬᠠᠬᠤ (saiirqaqu) — brag
• Norwegian Bokmål: skryt — brag
• Old English: ġielp — brag
• Persian: خودستایی (xodsetâyi) — brag
• Persian: لاف (lâf) — brag
• Persian: بوش (bowš) — brag
• Piedmontese: vant — brag
• Polish: przechwałki — brag
• Polish: samochwalstwo — brag
• Portuguese: ostentação — brag
• Quechua: anchaykachay — brag
• Romanian: lăudăroșenie — brag
• Romanian: fanfaronadă — brag
• Russian: хвастовство́ (xvastovstvó) — brag
• Russian: бахва́льство (baxválʹstvo) — brag
• Russian: самохва́льство (samoxválʹstvo) — brag
• Slovak: chvastanie — brag
• Slovene: hvalisanje — brag
• Slovene: bahanje — brag
• Spanish: alarde — brag
• Spanish: fanfarronada — brag
• Spanish: vanagloria — brag
• Spanish: jactancia — brag
• Swedish: skryt — brag
• Tonga (Zambia): dunda — brag
• Turkish: böbürlenme — brag
• Turkish: iftihar etme — brag
• Turkish: övünme — brag
• Ukrainian: хва́стощі (xvástošči) — brag
• Ukrainian: хвастовство́ (xvastovstvó) — brag
• Ukrainian: похваля́ння (poxvaljánnja) — brag
• Ukrainian: хвальба́ (xvalʹbá) — brag
• Ukrainian: ви́хвалка (výxvalka) — brag
• Ukrainian: самохва́льство (samoxválʹstvo) — brag
• Vietnamese: khoe — brag
• Welsh: bost — brag
• Welsh: brol — brag
• Greek: καύχημα (káfchima) — something that one brags about
• Turkish: övünç — something that one brags about
• Turkish: övünce — something that one brags about
• French: double-mur — shot
• Albanian: lëvdohem — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Arabic: تَبَاهَى (tabāhā) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Armenian: պարծենալ (parcenal) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Armenian: գլուխ գովալ (glux goval) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Azerbaijani: öyünmək — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Azerbaijani: lovğalanmaq — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Azerbaijani: maxtanmaq — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Belarusian: хвалі́цца (xvalícca) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Belarusian: пахваля́цца (paxvaljácca) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Belarusian: выхваля́цца (vyxvaljácca) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Belarusian: хіста́цца (xistácca) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Bulgarian: хва́ля се (hválja se) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Bulgarian: похва́лвам се (pohválvam se) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Bulgarian: похва́ля се (pohválja se) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Burmese: ဝါ (wa) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Burmese: ကြွား (krwa:) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Burmese: ဝင့် (wang.) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Burmese: အကြွား (a.krwa:) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Catalan: vanar-se — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Catalan: vantar-se — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Catalan: presumir — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Cebuano: hambug — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 吹牛 (chuīniú) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 吹噓 /吹嘘 (chuīxū) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 自誇 /自夸 (zìkuā) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Chinese Mandarin: 自詡 /自诩 (zìxǔ) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Czech: chlubit se — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Czech: vychloubat se — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Czech: chválit se — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Danish: prale — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Dutch: opscheppen — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Esperanto: fieri, fanfaroni — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Estonian: praalima — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Estonian: hooplema — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Estonian: kiitlema — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Ewe: ƒo aɖegbe — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Finnish: kerskailla — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Finnish: kerskua — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Finnish: rehennellä — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Finnish: leuhkia — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Finnish: lesottaa — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• French: se vanter — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Galician: chufar — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Galician: gabar — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Galician: borrear — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• German: angeben — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• German: prahlen — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Greek: κομπάζω (kompázo) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Greek: υπερηφανεύομαι (yperifanévomai) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Ancient Greek: καυχάομαι (kaukháomai) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Ancient Greek: κομπάζω (kompázō) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Ancient Greek: μεγαληγορέω (megalēgoréō) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Hebrew: התרברב (hitravrév) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Hebrew: הִתְפָּאֵר (hitpa'ér) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Hindi: डींग मारना (ḍīṅg mārnā) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Hungarian: dicsekszik — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Hungarian: henceg — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Hungarian: nagyzol — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Hungarian: kérkedik — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Hungarian: hetvenkedik — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Hungarian: felvág — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Hungarian: hivalkodik — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Ingrian: kiissellä — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Old Irish: ar·báigi — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Italian: vantarsi — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Japanese: 自慢する (jiman suru) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Japanese: 力む (rikimu) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Khmer: បញ្ចើ (bɑɑbɑñcaə) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Khmer: អួត (ʼuət) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Khmer: បង្អួត (bɑɑbɑngʼuət) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Khmer: បំផ្លើស (bɑmphlaəh) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Korean: 자랑하다 (jaranghada) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Korean: 자만하다 (jamanhada) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Korean: 뽐내다 (ppomnaeda) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Lao: ເວົ້າອາດ (wao ʼāt) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Lao: ຄຸຍໂມ້ (khui mō) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Lao: ຄຸຍໂຕ (khui tō) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Latin: glorior — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Latvian: lielīties — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Latvian: dižoties — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Latvian: plātīties — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Lithuanian: didžiuotis — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Macedonian: се фали (se fali) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Malayalam: വീമ്പടിക്കുക (vīmpaṭikkuka) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Māori: whakamānunu — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Māori: whakatāwāhi — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Māori: tamarahi — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Māori: whakanuka — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Norwegian Bokmål: skryte — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Occitan: se bragar — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Occitan: se vantar — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Occitan: se conflejar — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Old English: ġielpan — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Polish: przechwalać się — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Polish: szczycić się — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Polish: chlubić się — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Polish: chwalić się — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Portuguese: ostentar — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Portuguese: exibir-se — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Portuguese: gabar — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Romanian: a se lăuda — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Russian: хва́статься (xvástatʹsja) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Russian: хва́стать (xvástatʹ) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Russian: бахва́литься (baxválitʹsja) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Russian: хвали́ться (xvalítʹsja) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Serbo-Croatian: хвалити се — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Serbo-Croatian: hvaliti se — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Slovak: chvastať sa — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Slovak: vychvaľovať sa — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Slovak: pýšiť sa — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Slovak: vystatovať sa — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Slovak: vyťahovať sa — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Slovak: chváliť sa — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Slovene: hvaliti se — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Slovene: bahati se — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Spanish: alardear — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Spanish: fanfarronear — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Spanish: vanagloriarse de — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Spanish: ostentar — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Spanish: jactarse de — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Spanish: ufanarse — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Spanish: fardar — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Spanish: dragonear — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Spanish: gabarse — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Spanish: alabarse — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Swedish: skryta — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Swedish: skrävla — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Tày: ảng — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Telugu: గప్పాలు (gappālu) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Thai: โม้ (móo) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Thai: คุยโว — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Thai: โอ้อวด — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Turkish: böbürlenmek — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Turkish: iftihar etmek — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Turkish: övünmek — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Ottoman Turkish: قبارمق (kabarmak) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Ottoman Turkish: صاتمق (satmak) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Ukrainian: хизува́тися (xyzuvátysja) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Ukrainian: хвали́тися (xvalýtysja) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Ukrainian: хва́статися (xvástatysja) — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Vietnamese: khoe khoang — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Vietnamese: khoác lác — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Vietnamese: nói khoác — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Welsh: brolio — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Welsh: ymffrostio — to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
• Catalan: vantar — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Catalan: vantar-se — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• French: se vanter — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• French: vanter — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Italian: vantarsi — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Italian: vantare — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Latin: glōriō — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Latin: vānitō — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Portuguese: gabar-se — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Portuguese: vangloriar-se — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Portuguese: jactar-se — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Portuguese: jactar — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Spanish: pavonearse — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Spanish: alardear de — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Spanish: fardar de — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Spanish: fanfarronear sobre — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Spanish: jactarse de — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Spanish: dragonear de — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Spanish: cacarear — (used with "about" and "of") to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation
• Spanish: ostentar — To possess something special
• Spanish: presumir de — To possess something special