brösta

== Swedish == === Etymology === From bröst (“chest”) +‎ -a. Compare puff up. === Verb === brösta (present bröstar, preterite bröstade, supine bröstat, imperative brösta) (reflexive) to act proud (by puffing out one's chest, or figuratively), to swagger (reflexive, in "brösta upp sig") to act cocky (reflexive, often with a particle like fram (“forth”)) to make oneself broad (by pushing out one's chest) (slang, transitive) to accept or suffer (and endure) (something negative) ==== Conjugation ==== === Noun === brösta c a breaststrap (for a horse) ==== Declension ==== === References === “brösta sig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “brösta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “brösta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Slangopedia