ostentar
Spanish, verb/ostenˈtaɾ/
ostentar is spelled O-S-T-E-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,977th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ostentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to display, to flaunt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mostrar o hacer patente una cosa. Presentar ante la vista”.
What does ostentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to display, to flaunt
- 2
to hold, to possess (a title, position, nobility etc.)
ostentar el récord
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mostrar o hacer patente una cosa. Presentar ante la vista. 2. Hacer gala de grandeza, lucimiento y boato. 3. Tener un cargo, título o reputación de prestigio o fama.
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 ostentar
- ostento first-person present singular
- ostenté first-person preterite singular
- ostentado participle past
- ostentando gerund
- ostentada feminine participle past
- ostentados masculine participle past
- ostentadas feminine participle past
- ostentas indicative informal present
- ostentás indicative informal present
- ostenta indicative present singular
- ostentamos first-person indicative plural
- ostentáis indicative plural present
- ostentan indicative plural present
- ostentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ostentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ostentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ostentabais imperfect indicative plural
- ostentaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ostentar?
- /ostenˈtaɾ/
- [os.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [ost̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ostentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ostentar in Spanish?
ostentar appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).