Skip to main content

fanfarronería

Spanish, noun/fanfaroneˈɾia/

fanfarronería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “boast, swagger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Modo de hablar y de comportarse propio de la persona fanfarrona”.

What does fanfarronería mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineboast, swagger

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Modo de hablar y de comportarse propio de la persona fanfarrona.

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 fanfarronería

  • fanfarronerías plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fanfarronería?

  • /fanfaroneˈɾia/
  • [fãɱ.fa.ro.neˈɾi.a]
  • [fãɱfaroneˈɾia]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fanfarronería

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fanfarronería in Spanish?

fanfarronería appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).