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brag  (brg)

v. bragged, brag·ging, brags

v.intr.

To talk boastfully. See Synonyms at boast¹.

v.tr.

To assert boastfully.

n.

1. A boast.

2. Arrogant or boastful speech or manner.

3. Something boasted of.

4. A braggart; a boaster.

5. Games A card game similar to poker.

adj. brag·ger, brag·gest

Exceptionally fine.

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[Middle English braggen, from brag, ostentatious.]

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bragger n.

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brag [bræg]

vb brags, bragging, bragged

to speak of (one's own achievements, possessions, etc.) arrogantly and boastfully

n

1. boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this

2. something boasted of his brag was his new car

3. a braggart; boaster

4. (Group Games / Card Games) a card game: an old form of poker

[of unknown origin]

bragger  n

bragging  n & adj

braggingly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brag - an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing, bragging, crow boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives
Verb	1.	brag - show off                             boast, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, tout, gas, bluster, swash, blow puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" crow, gloat, triumph - dwell on with satisfaction
Adj.	1.	brag - exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield" boss colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"

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brag

verb boast, crow, swagger, vaunt, bluster, talk big (slang), blow your own trumpet, blow your own horn (U.S. & Canad.) He'll probably go around bragging to his friends.

Translations

brag [bræg]

A. VI → jactarse, fanfarronear (about, of, that de de que)

B. N (= boast) → fanfarronada f, bravata f

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brag [ˈbræg] vi → se vanter
to brag about sth → se vanter de qch

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brag

vi → prahlen, angeben (about, of mit)

vt → prahlen; to brag that → prahlen, dass, damit angeben, dass

n

(= boast) → Prahlerei f, → Angeberei f

(inf) = braggart

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brag [bræg] vt & vi to brag (about/that) → vantarsi (di)

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brag [bræg] vt & vi to brag (about/that) → vantarsi (di)

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brag

v brag [brӕg]

to boast. spog يَتَفاخَر، يَتَباهى хваля се chlubit se prale prahlen καυχιέμαι jactarse de, fanfarronear suurustama لاف زدن؛ بالیدن kehuskella (se) vanter לְהִתרַברֵב डींग hvalisanje henceg membual gorta vantarsi 自慢する 자랑하다 girtis lielīties; plātīties berlagak opscheppen skryte przechwalać się gabar-se a (se) lăuda хвастаться chváliť sa hvaliti se hvalisati se skryta พูดอวดดี övünmek, böbürlenmek 誇耀，吹牛 хвалитися, хвастати ڈینگ مارنا ، خود ستائی khoe khoang 夸耀，吹牛