bravatear
Portuguese, verb/bɾa.va.teˈa(ʁ)/
bravatear is spelled B-R-A-V-A-T-E-A-R (9 letters). Bravatear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to boast about one's own braveness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gabar-se, demonstrar presunção”.
What does bravatear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to boast about one's own braveness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. gabar-se, demonstrar presunção 2. ameaçar, afirmar algo com tom de arrogância 3. exibir-se com bravatas 4. vangloriar-se de valente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bravatear
- bravateio first-person present singular
- bravateei first-person preterite singular
- bravateado participle past
- bravateares infinitive second-person singular
- bravatearmos first-person infinitive plural
- bravateardes infinitive plural second-person
- bravatearem infinitive plural third-person
- bravateando gerund
- bravateados masculine participle past
- bravateada feminine participle past
- bravateadas feminine participle past
- bravateias indicative present second-person
- bravateia indicative present singular
- bravateamos first-person indicative plural
- bravateais indicative plural present
- bravateiam indicative plural present
- bravateava first-person imperfect indicative
- bravateavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bravatear?
- Brazil /bɾa.va.teˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [bɾa.va.teˈa(h)]
- /bɾa.va.teˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.