ostentar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ostentāre, present active infinitive of ostentō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [us.tənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [os.tənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [os.tenˈtaɾ]

Verb

ostentar (first-person singular present ostento, first-person singular preterite ostentí, past participle ostentat)

1. (transitive) to display, to flaunt
2. (transitive) to hold, to possess (a title or position)

Related terms

• ostensible
• ostensió
• ostensiu
• ostentació
• ostentós

 

Further reading

• “ostentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ostentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ostentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ostentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ostentāre, present active infinitive of ostentō.

Verb

1. to display, flaunt

Related terms

• ostentação

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ostentāre, present active infinitive of ostentō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ostenˈtaɾ/ [os.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to display, to flaunt
2. to hold, to possess (a title or position)

Related terms

• ostentación
• ostentoso
• ostensible

Further reading

• “ostentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014