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outboast en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English boast English outboast From out- + boast.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To boast better than another, to make greater claims about oneself than another makes or is able to make.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outboasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outboasted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outboasted Tense=Past lexicographic
outboasts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (2)

es pavonearse más que alguien (To boast better than another, to make greater claims about oneself than another makes or is able to make) · es jactarse más que alguien (To boast better than another, to make greater claims about oneself than another makes or is able to make)