fanfarronear
Spanish, verb/fanfaroneˈaɾ/
fanfarronear is spelled F-A-N-F-A-R-R-O-N-E-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fanfarronear is a Spanish verb meaning “to brag, boast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hablar con arrogancia echando fanfarronadas”.
What does fanfarronear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brag, boast
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hablar con arrogancia echando fanfarronadas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fanfarronear
- fanfarroneo first-person present singular
- fanfarroneé first-person preterite singular
- fanfarroneado participle past
- fanfarroneando gerund
- fanfarroneada feminine participle past
- fanfarroneados masculine participle past
- fanfarroneadas feminine participle past
- fanfarroneas indicative informal present
- fanfarroneás indicative informal present
- fanfarronea indicative present singular
- fanfarroneamos first-person indicative plural
- fanfarroneáis indicative plural present
- fanfarronean indicative plural present
- fanfarroneaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fanfarroneabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fanfarroneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fanfarroneabais imperfect indicative plural
- fanfarroneaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fanfarronear?
- /fanfaroneˈaɾ/
- [fãɱ.fa.ro.neˈaɾ]
- [fãɱfaroneˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fanfarronear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fanfarronear in Spanish?
fanfarronear appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).