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braggart

 
(brăg'ərt) pronunciation
n.
One given to loud, empty boasting; a bragger.

adj.
Boastful.

[French bragard, from braguer, to brag, perhaps from Middle English braggen. See brag.]


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braggart

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noun

    One given to boasting: boaster, brag, braggadocio, bragger, vaunter. Informal blowhard. Slang blower. See praise/blame.

adjective

    Characterized by or given to boasting: boastful, rodomontade. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, praise/blame.

Translations:

Braggart

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pralhals, storskryder
adj. - pralende

Nederlands (Dutch)
opschepper, opscheppend

Français (French)
n. - vantard, fanfaron
adj. - vantard, fanfaron

Deutsch (German)
n. - Angeber
adj. - prahlerisch, angeberisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καυχησιάρης, φανφαρόνος

Italiano (Italian)
gradasso, fanfarone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fanfarrão (m) (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
хвастун

Español (Spanish)
n. - fanfarrón, jactancioso
adj. - fanfarrón, jactancioso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skrävlare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
吹牛的人, 吹牛的, 自夸的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吹牛的人
adj. - 吹牛的, 自誇的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 허풍선이
adj. - 허풍선이의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ほら吹き

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متبجح, متباهي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רברבן‬
adj. - ‮רברבני‬


 
 

 

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