brag

English

Etymology

Mid-14th c. Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of unknown origin. Possibly related to the early-14th c. Middle English adjective brag (“prideful, spirited”), probably from Celtic; or Old Norse bragr (“best, foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æɡ

Verb

brag (third-person singular simple present brags, present participle bragging, simple past and past participle bragged)

1. To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done.

   to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money

   • Shakespeare

     Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament.

Synonyms

• boast

Derived terms

• braggart
• bragging rights
• humblebrag

Translations

to boast

• Arabic: تباهى (ar) (tabaahaa)
• Bulgarian: хваля се (bg) (hvalja se), перча се (bg) (perča se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吹牛 (cmn) (chuīniú), 吹噓 (cmn), 吹嘘 (cmn) (chuīxū), 自誇 (cmn), 自夸 (cmn) (zìkuā)

• Czech: chvástat (cs) se
• Danish: prale (da)
• Dutch: opscheppen (nl)
• Finnish: kerskailla (fi) (jollakin), kerskua (fi) (jostakin), rehennellä (fi), leuhkia (fi)
• French: fanfaronner (fr), se vanter (fr)

• German: prahlen (de), angeben (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀλαζονεύομαι

• Italian: vantarsi (it)
• Japanese: 自慢する (ja) (jiman suru), 力む (ja) (rikimu)
• Portuguese: vangloriar-se (pt)
• Russian: хвастаться (ru) (xvástat'sja) 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хвалити се (sh), хвалисати се (sh), хвастати се (sh)

  Roman: hvaliti se (sh), hvalisati se (sh), hvastati se (sh)

• Slovak: vychvaľovať sa (sk), chvastať sa (sk)
• Spanish: fanfarronear (es), presumir (es), jactarse (es)

Noun

brag (plural brags)

1. A boast, a loud appraisal of oneself.
2. (by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.

Translations

boast — see boast

card game

• French: brag (fr) m

Adjective

brag (comparative bragger, superlative braggest)

1. First-rate.

Adverb

brag (comparative more brag, superlative most brag)

1. (obsolete) proudly; boastfully

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Anagrams

• garb
• grab

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brak.

Noun

brag n (singular definite braget, plural indefinite brag)

1. bang, crash

Related terms

• brage verb

Inflection

    Inflection of brag

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	brag	braget	brag	bragene
genitive	brags	bragets	brags	bragenes

Verb

brag

1. imperative of brage