English-Portuguese translations for boast
- exibir-se
- gabarNa Europa, podemos gabar-nos da excelência que possuímos em muitos domínios. In Europe, we can boast excellence in many fields. Ninguém pode matar mulheres e crianças e gabar-se disso. No man kills women and children and lives to boast of it. Nenhum outro – repito, nenhum outro – protagonista da cena internacional pode gabar-se do mesmo poder de atracção. No other and I repeat, no other player on the world stage can boast the same drawing power.
- ostentação
- ostentar
Definition of boast
- A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself
- A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall
- To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
- To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol
- To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult
- To play a w:Squash_#Types_of_shots_played|boast shot
- To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel
- To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required
Examples
- It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.
- The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea
- His family boasted a famous name
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