ostentar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ostentāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [us.tənˈta] IPA(key): (Balearic) [os.tənˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [os.tenˈtaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [os.tenˈta] === Verb === ostentar (first-person singular present ostento, first-person singular preterite ostentí, past participle ostentat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (transitive) to display, to flaunt (transitive) to hold, to possess (a title or position) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ostentar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “ostentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “ostentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ostentar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ostentāre. === Pronunciation === === Verb === ostentar (first-person singular present ostento, first-person singular preterite ostentei, past participle ostentado) to display, flaunt ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== ostentação === Further reading === “ostentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ostentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ostentāre. Related to English ostentatious. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ostenˈtaɾ/ [os.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: os‧ten‧tar === Verb === ostentar (first-person singular present ostento, first-person singular preterite ostenté, past participle ostentado) to display, to flaunt January 3rd, 1832, Necrologia Gaceta de Madrid, Imprenta Real, page 98: to hold, to possess (a title, position, nobility etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ostentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025