ostentação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ostentātiōnem (“exhibition, showing off”). By surface analysis, ostentar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /os.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [os.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /os.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [os.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʃ.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [oʃ.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔʃ.tẽ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: os‧ten‧ta‧ção

Noun

ostentação f (plural ostentações)

1. ostentation
2. boasting
3. show

Related terms

• ostentar