ostentação
Portuguese, noun/os.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
ostentação is spelled O-S-T-E-N-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ostentação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ostentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de ostentar”.
What does ostentação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineostentation
- 2
feminineboasting
- 3
feminineshow
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de ostentar 2. vanglória 3. alarde de riquezas, atos ou qualidades próprias 4. exibição vaidosa
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 ostentação
- ostentações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ostentação?
- Brazil /os.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [os.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /oʃ.tẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ostentação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ostentação in Portuguese?
ostentação appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).