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]
    • (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
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